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PSD Reform Initiative

PSD Reform Initiative. WESTAR Business Meeting April 7, 2004 Tempe, Arizona. Topics. Initiative Goals Questions/Issues Approach Timeline Budget Communication Strategy. Goal.

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PSD Reform Initiative

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  1. PSD Reform Initiative WESTAR Business Meeting April 7, 2004 Tempe, Arizona

  2. Topics • Initiative Goals • Questions/Issues • Approach • Timeline • Budget • Communication Strategy

  3. Goal “The goal of the PSD Reform Initiative is to develop recommended changes to EPA rules that implement the Prevention of Significant Deterioration provisions of the Clean Air Act (Title I, Part C), changes that will create a comprehensive program to manage and protect PSD increments and Class I air quality related values (AQRVs) as resources. The changes should establish a practical program that eliminates disincentives in the current rules which are discouraging state and local agencies from addressing cumulative increment consumption and Class I AQRV protection. .”

  4. Questions/Issues • Grouped into six categories: • Definitions • Emission Inventory Issues • Increment consumption analysis methods • Response to increment exceedance • AQRV issues • Inter-jurisdiction coordination issues

  5. Approach • Parallel evaluations • PSD fundamentals group • New framework group • Evaluation criteria – Guiding Principles • Conference calls • Face-to-face meetings

  6. Timeline

  7. Budget • In-kind contribution from states, EPA and the FLMs very significant • Contractor/facilitation support • Allocation of WESTAR staff time

  8. Communication Strategy • What is our message? • How/when will we communicate our message? • Vetting the issues with: • Stakeholders involved in workgroup • Other stakeholders

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