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Metro 4/SESARM 2008 Year in Review

Metro 4/SESARM 2008 Year in Review. Major projects and activities Financial transactions summary Training and other events. Metro 4/SESARM Mission. “To enhance the effectiveness of member agencies in managing Southeastern air quality.”. Metro 4/SESARM Core Responsibilities. Advocacy

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Metro 4/SESARM 2008 Year in Review

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  1. Metro 4/SESARM2008 Year in Review • Major projects and activities • Financial transactions summary • Training and other events

  2. Metro 4/SESARM Mission “To enhance the effectiveness of member agencies in managing Southeastern air quality.”

  3. Metro 4/SESARM Core Responsibilities • Advocacy • Communications • Technical Analysis • Training and Staff Development • Travel Support

  4. 2008 Staffing • Existing staff • 4,392 actual hours worked • Hornback 1.313 PY; Powell 0.985 PY • Salaries frozen since January 2007 • Other support • Expanded use of meeting planner • Ongoing arrangement with financial consultant to assist with QuickBooks • In-kind assistance – member agencies

  5. 2008 Grants Management • Grant Applications and Work Plans • SESARM – 2 (consolidated grant & regional haze) • Grant Activity Reports • Metro 4 – 6 (administrative – 4; enforcement training – 2) • SESARM – 12 (administrative – 4; ASIP – 4; VISTAS – 4)

  6. 2008 Policy Issues • Funding – Comments filed with EPA and NACAA • National Training – Participated in NACAA Training Committee • Environmental Technology – Marketplace analysis/venture capital assessment

  7. Technical Project Management • ASIP: • Modeling demonstrations for 2009 and 2012 • Assisted with documentation supporting annual PM2.5 SIPs for AL, GA, KY, NC, TN, VA, WV • Evaluated legally enforceable emission controls and inventory implications in absence of CAIR • VISTAS: • Modeling demonstrations and documentation supporting regional haze SIPs • Participated in eastern state collaborative planning to evaluate impact of CAIR vacatur and state options • Data archive

  8. Technical Project ManagementNext Steps • Air quality modeling of legally enforceable controls without benefit of CAIR • Continue participation in technical analyses for eastern state collaborative effort • Emissions inventory development for new base year and future year • Complete documentation and archive of 2002-2008 work

  9. Customer Service • Timely reimbursement of business expenses to member agency staff • sometimes as soon as two days after receipt of reimbursement request • goal – within two weeks of receipt • Timely response to agency requests • we try to drop what we are doing and assist when any agency has a need

  10. 2008 Financial Transactions • 2008 Metro 4 financial transactions • 130 • 2008 SESARM financial transactions • 817 • Total 2008 financial transactions • 947

  11. Agency Holdback Funds • Metro 4 staff reimbursements via agency holdbacks • Chattanooga-Hamilton Co • Forsyth Co • Knox Co • Palm Beach Co

  12. Agency Holdback Funds SESARM staff reimbursements via agency holdbacks • Alabama • Florida • Kentucky • North Carolina • Tennessee

  13. 2008 Training/Travel Support • Training Course/Workshop Funds • Training – $1,000 per agency per year • Workshops – nonrecurring funds • Availability advertised throughout year • Expenditure status • 7 locals and 2 states have not used any of their allocations • % of local funds still available – 62% • % of state funds still available – 78%

  14. 2008 Training/Travel Support • Enforcement Training Grant Funds • Full travel support – $18,000 (27 staff) – new enforcement course in Jacksonville • Lodging support – $11,425 (39 staff, 80 room nights) for CAA Enforcement Lessons Learned Workshop in Atlanta • Net available - $2,458 of $150,000 grant will be returned to EPA during grant closeout

  15. 2004-2008 Events • 186 total events supported • 10 air director meetings • 27 program manager/staff meetings • 134 training courses • 15 miscellaneous workshops

  16. 2008 Events • 2 air director meetings – 138 • Fall 2007 meeting – 56 • Spring grants/planning – 82 • 5 program manager and staff meetings – 263 □asbestos – 54 □enforcement – 46 □monitoring – 99 □permitting – 48 □training – 16

  17. 2008 Events • Hosted/facilitated/supported workshops – 199 attendees • Florida Agencies Monitoring Workshop – 57 • Florida Agencies Permit and Compliance Workshop – 105 • Mississippi HPV Workshop – 37

  18. 2008 Training • 26 training courses • 3 basic air quality • 7 control device • 2 enforcement • 8 industry-specific • 1 inspection procedures • 2 permitting • 1 pollutant-specific • 2 process-specific

  19. 2008 Training Totals • 26 training courses • 55.5 course days • 2.13 average days per course • Counts 3 sets of CARB 200 1-day courses • 820 students • 1,813 student days

  20. 2008 Training Statistics • $126,772 in total expenditures • $4,876 average cost per course • $2,284 average cost per course day • $155 average cost per student • $70 average cost per student day

  21. 2008 TrainingStudent Origins • 8 SESARM states – 610 (74.4%) • 17 Metro 4 locals – 177 (21.6%) • Other locals/states – 23 (2.8%) • EPA – 10 (1.2%)

  22. 2008 Student Job Titles • 360 EIT/engineer (43.9%) • 359 Environmental/technical (43.8%) • 81 Supervisor/manager (9.9%) • 20 Administrative (2.4%)

  23. 2008 Student Work Areas • 314 Permitting (38.3%) • 200 Inspections (24.4%) • 120 Enforcement (14.6%) • 46 Air Toxics (5.6%) • 44 Monitoring (5.4%) • 41 Technical Assistance (5.0%)

  24. 2008 Student Work Areas • 19 Asbestos (2.3%) • 17 Administrative (2.1%) • 13 Planning (1.6%) • 5 Public Education (0.6%) • 1 Regulation Development (0.1%)

  25. Factors Affecting Training Participation • Training needs of agencies/staff • Agency training and travel budgets • Agency workloads • Location of courses presented • Scheduling/dates of courses

  26. Training ParticipationNumber per agency and % of total attendance • 136 South Carolina – 16.6% • 132 Tennessee – 16.1% • 127 Florida – 15.5% • 105 Georgia – 12.8% • 37 Mississippi – 4.5% • 34 Kentucky – 4.1% • 23 Jefferson Co AL - 2.8% • 23 Memphis-Shelby Co TN – 2.8%

  27. Agency RepresentationNumber per agency & % of Total Attendance • 22 North Carolina – 2.7% • 19 Louisville KY – 2.3% • 17 Alabama – 2.1% • 14 Miami-Dade Co FL – 1.7% • 12 Chattanooga-Hamilton Co TN – 1.5% • 12 Hillsborough Co FL – 1.5% • 12 Palm Beach Co FL – 1.5% • 10 Jacksonville FL – 1.2%

  28. Agency RepresentationNumber per agency & % of Total Attendance • 10 Nashville TN – 1.2% • 9 Mecklenburg Co NC – 1.1% • 9 Orange Co FL – 1.1% • 5 Broward Co FL – 0.6% • 5 Knox Co TN – 0.6% • 5 Pinellas Co FL – 0.6% • 5 Western NC RAQA – 0.6% • 2 Forsyth Co NC – 0.2% • 2 Huntsville AL – 0.2%

  29. 2009 Training Budget • $252,152 split between Metro 4 and SESARM • Course presentations - $156,970 • Course updates/development – $25,447 • Training travel support (locals) - $17,000 • Training travel support (states) - $8,000 • Staffing - $44,735

  30. Training BudgetMetro 4/SESARM • Projected training participation • Locals – 25% States – 75% • 2008 actual training participation • Locals – 22.5% States – 77.5%

  31. 2008 Miscellaneous Activities • Tax returns – Metro 4 and SESARM • Grant audit – SESARM – no negative findings • Updates to financial management system (QuickBooks)

  32. 2008 Miscellaneous Activities • Web site operation & maintenance • News • Contact Lists • Distribution Lists • Event Posting • Event Registration

  33. What’s Next? Goals for 2009 • Continued high level of customer service • Comprehensive training/staff development • Quality technical work • Timely communications • More funding into the region

  34. Let us know how we can better serve you.Thanks.Ken and John.

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