Four Corners Air Quality Task Force

1. Four Corners Air Quality Task Force

3. 4 CORNERS BACKGROUND • Rural area experiencing population growth • Two large existing power plants • Proposed new power plant(s) • Thousands of existing oil and gas wells • Expansion of oil and gas extraction planned • Four states, Four tribes • Federal Land Management • Multiple Class I areas affected

5. Four Corners Air Quality Task Force • Convened by States of Colorado and New Mexico • Role is to study all air quality issues in the Four Corners Region and develop a broad list of mitigation options • Primary deliverable is a report for regulators by December 2007 • Membership is made up of community members, local government, industry, tribes, state and federal agencies

6. Air Quality Issues • NAAQS • NMAAQS • PSD Increments • Visibility • Mercury • Nitrogen Deposition • Greenhouse Gas Emissions

7. Monitoring In Four Corners Navajo Lake X --Ozone ,Nox, PM2.5

8. Four Corners Ozone Data

12. QUESTIONS?