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WESTAR Staff Reports

WESTAR Staff Reports. 2014 Spring Business Meeting Boise, Idaho. Training Program. Jeff Gabler. Training Program. FY2014 Activities: ~26 Courses Offered ~51 Training Days ~650 Students Trained ~1250 Student Training Days. FY2013 Activities: 28 Courses Offered

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WESTAR Staff Reports

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  1. WESTAR Staff Reports 2014 Spring Business Meeting Boise, Idaho

  2. Training Program Jeff Gabler

  3. Training Program FY2014 Activities: ~26 Courses Offered ~51 Training Days ~650 Students Trained ~1250 Student Training Days FY2013 Activities: 28 Courses Offered 51 Training Days 814 Students Trained 1516 Student Training Days

  4. Training Program Summary of FY2014 Activities: APTI-Learn Committee: Bi-Weekly Hour Long Conference Calls Goal is to Improvement Overall Experience by: Increasing Functionality Improve Appearance By Identifying: Updates/Enhancements/Maintenance Workable & Resource-wise Solutions Redesigned Home Page Curriculum Page Numerous Small Changes

  5. Training Program Summary of FY2014 Activities National Training Strategy Workgroup: Review/Prioritize Long-Term Issues Identify Potential Opportunities & Solutions Identify Cooperative Working Opportunities NACAA’s Joint Training Committee

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  7. Technical Program Bob Lebens

  8. Committee Support Planning Technical Ad hoc Work Groups Regional Haze 2018 Work Group Residential Wood Heating NSPS Modeling Platform

  9. Future Activities Ongoing Committee Support Agenda development Recruit new members/leaders Ad Hoc Work Group Support Modeling Platform SO2 Data Requirements Rule IMPROVE budget

  10. WESTAR/WRAP Tom Moore

  11. WESTAR Organization Support Planning and Technical Committees’ support Regional Haze “Plan to Plan” Comments to EPA on 2011/2018 modeling platforms Ad hoc activities Future CAA §111d existing power plant regulations – panel participant on Regional Haze planning experience and O&G methane leakage at Western Interstate Energy Board meetings Administrative Prepared SoW and budgets for new Funding Opportunities with: BLM MT-Dakotas, for completion of O&G emissions inventories BLM national air program for first phase of Drill Rig 1-Hour NO2 Study NPS for 3-State Study work (Oct. 14 through Sept. 17) NASA, for competitive proposal to test/implement satellite data in Western Modeling Framework for regional analysis/planning Re-started Fire Sciences Program project & 3-State Study project

  12. WRAP Organizational Support Board and administrative activities Board call and planning for May 29th meeting WESTAR Council calls Outreach with Tribes, Local Air Agencies, and Federal WRAP member agencies Completed WGA reporting to close projects WRAP Technical Steering Committee 2014-18 Integrated Workplan development

  13. WESTAR/WRAP Activities w/ other groups Coordination, development , implementation w/ OAQPS on Fire/Ozone Exceptional Events technical tools w/ CAMD on Electrical Generating Units – Integrated Planning Model Invited speaker at Central/Midwestern States’ Technical Workshop w/ USFS on integration of FETS & USFS fire activity/emissions systems w/ NPS and other 3-State Air Quality Study cooperators on developing future Western Modeling Framework & Data Warehouse for regional air quality analysis and planning Invited participant in NASA Air Quality proposal review panel w/ NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (AQAST) – Jan. meeting Invited speaker at EPA R10 Smoke Management annual meeting w/ participants in July-August 2014 FRAPPE and DiscoverAQ studies

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