Western Ozone Conference

1. Western Ozone Conference • Understand the nature, causes and trends of ozone in the western U.S. outside CA • Identify additional assessment work needed to better characterize ozone • Identify the policy development needed to address the problem

2. Overview • Summarize Conference Information • Discuss Conclusions • Discuss Recommendations

3. Conference Overview • Regulatory Overview • Federal • Early Action Compacts • Regional Trends • Regional Monitoring Modeling • Mobile Controls • Case Studies • NM, CO, WA, OR, ID Modeling • WY, AZ, NM Monitoring • Special topics • Gas Production • Fire

4. Why focus on Asian Emissions, North Pacific and US West Coast? • Several studies in North Pacific region over last 2 decades • Asian emissions increased significantly over period of studies - Look for parallel change in ambient levels • Not a uniquely important region in terms of impact

5. (Data selected to avoid North American influence) Springtime mean O3 levels have increased Increasing background ozone during spring on the west coast of North America, Jaffe et al., Geophys. Res. Letters, 30, 2003 Conclusion: Along the U.S. west coast, springtime O3 has increased by ≈ 0.5 ppbv/yr, i.e. ≈10 ppbv in 20 years or ≈1-1.5 %/yr

6. Impact of Asian Emissions on the Photochemistry of the North Pacific Troposphere Summary: In springtime • Asian emissions have increased by ≈ 5% / year over last 20 years • O3 levels in Eastern Pacific have increased by ≈ 1-1.5 % / year • PAN levels in Eastern Pacific have increased by ≈ 3-4 % / year • Pacific photochemistry has become less efficient sink for O3 Caveat: Based on very few “background” data of short time span. 1985 Pt. Arena data are only early PAN and VOC measurements collected over 10 day period

9. How do ozone concentrations in national parks compare with nearby urban areas?

11. Do diurnal patterns of ozone differ from parks to nearby urban areas?

13. Expected Ozone Trends – Federal Emissions Reductions • Heavy Duty Engine & Diesel Sulfur • Issued in 2001 • Emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses, plus fuel sulfur limits • 95% less NOx emissions from category • Effective in model year 2006/07, phase in (09/10) • NonRoad Engine & Diesel Sulfur • Proposed in 2003, Expected final in April 2004 • Emissions standards for construction, agricultural, and industrial equipment • 90% less NOx emissions from category • Effective in model year 2008, phase in through 2014

14. Expected Ozone Trends – Future NOx Emissions Changes

15. Expected Ozone Trends – NonRoad Modeling Analyses • Most portions of the western U.S. are projected to have a reduction of 2-10 ppb in peak 8-hr ozone levels by 2020 • Greater reductions in majority of CA • Disbenefits in LA, SF, DEN (small) & PHX (small)

16. 1999-2001 Eight Hour Ozone Design Values

17. Projected 2020 Eight Hour Ozone Design Values

18. Expected Ozone Trends – NR Modeling: Arizona

19. Expected Ozone Trends – NR Modeling: Colorado

20. Expected Ozone Trends – NR Modeling: Nevada

21. Expected Ozone Trends – NR Modeling: New Mexico

22. Expected Ozone Trends – NR Modeling: Oregon

23. Expected Ozone Trends – NR Modeling: Utah

24. Expected Ozone Trends – NR Modeling: Washington

25. Expected Ozone Trends – NonRoad Modeling Analyses • 8-hour ozone levels are generally expected to decrease slightly in the Western U.S. over the next 10-25 years • Decrease of ~ 5%: Albuquerque, Denver, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Tucson, & rural areas • Larger decreases: Portland, Seattle • Model results uncertain (your results may vary) • Certain Western U.S. cities are likely to maintain design values near/just below the NAAQS over the next 0-20 years w/o local control • – will depend on year-to-year meteorological variability.

26. CMAQ Western U.S. Ozone Modeling – 1996 Application • Model performance evaluation indicated greater negative bias in the western U.S. in the summer than in 36/12 CAMx • Mean normalized bias = -11.7% • Normalized gross error = 23.2 % • East US (annual): bias = -1.2%; error = 18.6% • West US (annual): bias = -26.5%; error = 29.9% • East US (summer): bias = 0.8%; error = 18.7% • West US (summer): bias = -27.0%; error = 30.5%

27. 2007 Emission Reduction Sensitivity Analysis • Across-the-Board 10% reduction in anthropogenic emissions in DMA + Weld County (plus on-road and off-road reductions). • Key Findings: • Modeled ozone stiff response to local emission reductions (i.e., ozone not very responsive to local emission controls) • VOC control in DMA is more effective than NOx control in DMA • 10% VOC control in DMA results in 0.3-0.4 ppb ozone reduction at Rocky Flats North monitor • 10% NOx control in DMA results in 0.4 ppb ozone increase at Rocky Flats North monitor

28. Denver Ozone Source Apportionment • Source Apportionment results currently under review by State and Denver RAQC, report not yet available • Preliminary results suggest the following: • A majority (~75% to 85%) of the peak 8-hour ozone concentrations at the Rocky Flats monitor come from outside of the Denver Metropolitan Area (DMA) • For sources in the DMA, on-road mobile sources are most important followed by non-road mobile sources • Helps explain why modeling results are so stiff in response to local controls

29. 1-Hr Ozone Model Performance, Error – Goal < 35%

30. Overall Conclusions Western US O3 Modeling • Ozone downwind of smaller “urban” areas in western U.S. tends to be underestimated • Seen in recent EACs (CAMx) and Regional Visibility modeling (CMAQ) • Regional buildup of ozone understated • Contributing factors: • Missing emissions • UCI Oil&Gas, many small unpermitted sources • Missing biogenic emissions/understated reactivity • Mobile Source fleet type different from national average • Meteorological Modeling More Challenging

31. 2002 Denver Metro and Statewide VOC EI with Biogenic Emissions

32. MT Emission InventoryCoal Bed Methane Sources

33. MT Emission InventoryConventional Oil & Gas Sources

34. July 19, 2002 10:15 am SVR = 130 km O3 = 78 ppb 11:45 am SVR = 54 km O3 = 86 ppb

35. July 19, 2002 (3:00-3:45 pm) SVR = 58 km O3 = 96 ppb (highest O3 value in 2002)

38. Conclusions • Future not clear/national view may need refinement • Many examples, but lack of regional understanding of: • Background, natural, rural/urban, transport/local, regional, subregional-Elevated urban ozone not well synchronized with rural ozone • Better analysis of existing situation needed • ID policy goals – attainment, maintenance, transport/local, rural/urban, regional/subregional • Coordinate/leverage resources • High background levels – limited local control options

39. Recommendations • Modeling • Biogenics, meteorology • One atmosphere model • Monitoring • Work with existing data • Better collaboration • Better spatial coverage • Collect speciated VOC and NO

40. Recommendations (cont.) • Early Action Compacts • Encourages proactive assessment/action-to identify/address problems before they become nonattainment areas • Continue to make option available • Forecasting – continue federal support • IAQR – understand effect on ozone • Oil and gas – getting better understanding of emissions • Fire/ozone • Resolve fire/ozone episode relationship/documentation • Resolve monitor interference question

41. Questions? ?