Staff Report Fall Business Meeting 2010

Portland, Oregon

Jeff Gabler

FY2010:• 19 Training Courses Offered• Offered in 10 Different Western Cities• 48.5 Days of Training• ~570 Attendees• Completed Course Updates

• APTI 470 – Quality Assurance for Air Pollution Measurement Systems• Offered at States of Arizona and Idaho (will offer in NM

during 2010)• Currently Incorporating Updates Due to Technology Changes

Associated With NCore Program and Other Minor Updates

• APTI 419B – Preparation of Fine Particulate Emissions Inventories• E.H. Pechan Submitted Finalized Version• Discussions with EPA Staff Inquiring Whether They Have

the Resources to Incorporate MOVES2010 and Other Updates Rather Than Using Contractor

FY2010:•Active Participants on the National Training Strategy Project.

• Vision of NTSP:• A national program providing training for federal, state, and local air quality professionals to develop and enhance the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to accomplish their organizational objectives and support the national clean air mission.

•Chaired NTSP Action Plan Committee and Related Subcommittees

• Define Elements/Activities Necessary to Successfully Achieve NTSP

•Member on 5 of 7 Action Plan Subcommittees including:

• Curriculum Development• Administration• Communication• Needs Assessment• Course Development & Updates

FY2011:• $367,500 Funding• Offer 16-18 Courses• Conduct Training in 10-12 Different Western Cities• 40 – 45 Training Days • 360 – 450 Staff Trained• Course Update Activities, As Appropriate

Bob Lebens

• Planning• Technical

•National Ambient Air Monitoring Steering Committee representative

•Sources•Mobile Sources

•Track federal policy and regulatory actions affecting West•Analyze impacts on WESTAR states

•Support Committees:•Information exchange•WESTAR comment development

• Oil & Gas Work Group•Implemented Council recommendations•Awaiting ozone standard

• Biomass Work Group•Joint with NESCAUM/EPA•Woodheater NSPS

•Ozone Work Group•Implementation Planning

• Ozone NAAQS Implementation•Ozone Work Group, Technical Committee

•Analyze Implementation•Implementation Workshop•Oil & Gas Work Group

• Woodheater NSPS•Biomass Work Group

•Committee Support•Expand WESTAR member state participation

Don Arkell

• Regional Haze Activities (status table)• States completing BART and regional haze SIPs

• FIPs in process• SIP reviews, Issue resolutions underway

• Other WRAP Activities• Oil & Gas Emissions Inventories ongoing• FETS in use until early 2011• WRAP and EDMS Websites at low operation w/consolidated contract

• TSS/VIEWS going into hibernation w/2009 IMPROVE data

• New or Emerging projects (outside funding)• WestJump AQMS (Four Corners, + regional modeling for ozone)

• RTEP support with updated 2018 EI

• Requested as background for discussion on future regional technical support needs• Telephone survey of senior planning staffs of nine western states, one FLM user agency, WRAP staff and two other RPOs• Presents summary descriptions of EDMS, FETS, VIEWS/TSS• Presents composite overview of responses to questions on use experience, need and scope of ongoing regional support, useful features of existing WRAP systems based on currently perceived needs including regional haze• Presents status of existing WRAP systems, summary of current projects at other RPOs• Presents findings and some conclusions about next steps, based on interviews