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WRAP Status Report EPA/RPO Meeting Durham, NC February 6, 2002

WRAP Status Report EPA/RPO Meeting Durham, NC February 6, 2002. November 2001 Board Meeting. Governor Leavitt and Governor Chino in attendance 2002 Work Plan Approved FY01 grant was awarded by EPA Region IX in January 2002 Alaska joined the WRAP – now 13 state partners

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WRAP Status Report EPA/RPO Meeting Durham, NC February 6, 2002

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  1. WRAP Status Report EPA/RPO Meeting Durham, NC February 6, 2002

  2. November 2001 Board Meeting • Governor Leavitt and Governor Chino in attendance • 2002 Work Plan Approved • FY01 grant was awarded by EPA Region IX in January 2002 • Alaska joined the WRAP – now 13 state partners • Policy for Categorizing Fire Emissions Approved • Air Managers Committee formed • Staff support for state and tribal caucuses • Oversight Committees (IOC and TOC) given direction to evaluate western issues in federal multi-pollutant legislation • Letter to USDA and EPA re agricultural air quality issues approved • Discussion of mobile source “significance” question under Section 309

  3. Communications and Outreach • Continually improving and updating web site • “Status Page” provides links to all WRAP projects and studies • Calendar includes information on upcoming meetings • Providing web assistance to inter-RPO effort • Updated presentations and slide show available for use in speaking opportunities throughout the region • Bi-monthly web and e-mail based newsletter (Volume III this month) • Contractor engaged to provide ongoing support to the Communications Committee

  4. Technical Effort • 1996 and 2018 base case modeling nearing completion • Regional point, area, and mobile source inventories available for the first time ever (other than NEI) • Modeling contractors are Univ. of California at Riverside and MCNC • Utilizing CMAQ and REMSAD • 309 strategy runs to begin next month • Annex (including other Class I areas analysis) • Fire strategies – smoke management, alternatives to burning, etc. • Renewable energy and energy efficiency measures

  5. Technical Effort (cont.) • 309 “significance” runs (if sources are found to be significant then additional measures required) • Clean Air Corridors • Mobile source contribution • Paved and unpaved • Stationary source NOx and PM (no action until 2008) • Ambient data collection and analysis • Data base on web – working to expand to include all RPO’s • Causes of haze report in 2002 work plan • Expanded efforts to obtain and input tribal data

  6. 309 Decision Process • Arizona has completed a stakeholder process which recommended a plan under Section 309 • Enabling legislation to be considered this session • Other transport region states expected to decide on direction later this year • Only 2 states (NV and CA) have indicated that they do not intend to submit 309 plans • Effect of federal multi-pollutant legislation on Annex could impact the decision process in some states

  7. Pending Issues • Letter to EPA regarding various implementation questions – SIP timing issues critical • Letter to USDA and EPA regarding agricultural and air quality issues • Multi-pollutant legislation and how it interfaces with the Annex • Review of “regional SIPs” by multiple EPA regional offices – how to coordinate and ensure consistency? • EPA grant guidance and next phase of WRAP work plan to prepare for Section 308 plans • WESTAR letter re state needs beyond the regional effort

  8. Project Management • 2002 Work Plan includes two staff support positions to be hired in the next month: • Technical Project Coordinator • Policy Analyst • FY 99 & 00 grants 100% obligated and 66% spent • FY 01 grants 58% obligated and 4% spent

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