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Air Quality Public Advisory Committee (AQPAC)
Joan RohlfsChief, Air Quality Planning
Metropolitan Washington Council of GovernmentsJanuary 26, 2009
www. mwcog.org/environment/airquality/AQPAC
Overview
• Organizational Context,History and Mission
• Accomplishments
• New Bylaws, Expanded Mission
• Member Appointment, Schedule
METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
(250+ Local, State, and Federal Government Elected Officials)
INDEPENDENT POLICY BOARDS
National Capital Region Transportation
Planning Board
COG Board of Directors
Metropolitan Washington Air
Quality Committee
Policy Committees*
Aviation Chesapeake Bay and Water Resources
Human Services and Public Safety
MetropolitanDevelopment
Public/Private Partnerships
Clean Air PartnersGreater Washington 2050
Metropolitan Washington Alternative Fuels Clean Cities PartnershipNational Capital Region Emergency Preparedness Council
Washington Area Housing Partnership
Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee (MWAQC)Chair: Hon.Phil Mendelson
Council of District of Columbia
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)Chair: Tom Ballou
VDEQ
ConformitySubcommittee
Local Government Initiatives
Chair: Mike Zamore MNCPPC-MD
Air Quality Public AdvisoryCommittee (AQPAC)
Chair: TBD
Clean Air PartnersChair: Tracye Funn
Washington Gas
MWAQC ExecutiveCommittee
InventorySubcommitteeChair: Brian Hug
MDE
AttainmentSubcommittee
Chair: Tom BallouVDEQ
MWAQC Organizational Structure 2009National Capital Region
Transportation Planning Board (TPB)Chair: Charles Jenkins
Frederick County Bd of CommissionersInterstate Air Quality Council (IAQC)
Chair: George Hawkins, Director, DC Department of Environment
Budget Subcommittee
MWAQC Created in 1992
• Section 174 of CAA• Certified by Mayor of the District of Columbia
and governors of MD and VA• Purpose: to prepare regional air quality plans to
meet federal health standards for ozone and carbon monoxide
• (2004) Revised Purpose: prepare regional air quality plans for new ozone and fine particle standards
MWAQC Created
The Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee conducts air quality planning for the Washington nonattainmentregion.
MWAQC Bylaws
• Develop and maintain a public participation and education program and collaborate with other public air quality efforts as appropriate.
Air Quality Planning
MWAQC approves air quality plans (SIPs) for MD,
VA, DC
Jurisdictions submit
SIP to EPA
EPA approves
SIP
MWAQC revises SIP
as necessary
AQPAC Mission
• Facilitate dialogue among diverse interest groups, the community and MWAQC
• Advise MWAQC in development of air quality and climate change plans, policies
Membership
• MWAQC appoints individuals to represent elements of the community, seeking a balance among them and a geographic balance
• Terms: 3 years, staggered
• Term limit: 2 three-year terms, but may be longer at MWAQC’s discretion
Election of Officers
• Nominating Committee nominates individuals for chair and vice chair;
• Slate is announced 10 days before election
• Election takes place in February
• Nominations can be made from the floor
AQPAC Activities
• Comment on air quality and climate change issues, plans and policies– Air Quality Plans (“SIPs”), COG’s Climate
Change Report, Power plant permits affecting Washington region, public hearing schedule, attainment modeling, transportation issues
Air Quality Issues: 2009
• Designation for 2008 ozone standard• Request for redesignation, 1997 fine particle
standard• Transportation conformity analyses• Greenhouse gas emissions inventories• Control measures for ozone, PM, GHG
Climate Change Issues: 2009
• COG Structure for addressing climate change issues
• Develop plan for achieving 10% reduction in GHG by 2012
• Outreach and education program for climate change
• Measuring regional progress
MWAQC Appointment Process
• MWAQC will appoint AQPAC members on January 28
• Staff will notify all applicants on Jan. 29
• The first AQPAC meeting is Feb. 23
• AQPAC meets on Mondays, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• AQPAC usually meets the week before MWAQC
DEP AQ & CC Staff
• Stuart Freudberg, Director, Dept. Environmental Programs
• Joan Rohlfs, Chief, AQ Planning
• Jeff King, Senior Environmental Planner
• Sunil Kumar, Senior Environmental Engineer
• Jen Desimone, Environmental Planner
www. mwcog.org/environment/air quality/AQPAC
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