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Timelines — NAAQS, SIP & Regional Haze

Timelines — NAAQS, SIP & Regional Haze. WESTAR Spring 2012 Business Meeting Doug Schneider Washington State Department of Ecology. What’s on the chart?. NAAQS–SIP timelines Through 2015 Partial series for current NAAQS (24-hour PM 2.5 , O 3 , NO 2 and SO 2 ) 2012–2019

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Timelines — NAAQS, SIP & Regional Haze

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  1. Timelines — NAAQS, SIP & Regional Haze WESTAR Spring 2012 Business Meeting Doug Schneider Washington State Department of Ecology

  2. What’s on the chart? • NAAQS–SIP timelines • Through 2015 • Partial series for current NAAQS (24-hour PM2.5, O3, NO2 and SO2) • 2012–2019 • Complete series of NAAQS and SIP requirements • Starting in 2017 • Next series of NAAQS and SIP requirements • Regional Haze SIP requirements

  3. Major Actions and SIP Requirements • EPA • NAAQS proposal/promulgation grid-square pairs • Designations • States • Recommendations for Designations • 110(a)(2) Infrastructure SIPs • (110)(a)(2)(D)(1) Transport SIPs • Attainment Plans

  4. Strengths • Shows how major requirements and actions line up • Provides a big picture view of potential workload

  5. Weaknesses • NAAQS do not impact states equally • Not all NAAQS require the same level of effort • Timelines depend upon current information and are subject to change • Not shown: State comment period on proposed NAAQS

  6. A practical example • Due Mid-2018 • 2018 Regional Haze Control SIP • PM2.5 Attainment Plan • In Progress • Moderate O3 Attainment Plan • Resource Question • Do these involve the same planners…inventory specialists…air quality engineers…modelers…rule writers? ,

  7. Questions? Doug Schneider360-407-6874dsch461@ecy.wa.gov

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