WRAP Status Report

EPA/RPO MeetingDurham, 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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