Arizona Regional Haze State Implementation Plan Western Regional Air Partnership Fall Board Meeting October 14 & 15, 2003 ~ Salt Lake City, Utah
Phase I & II ~ Development Phase I: Met with stakeholders August 2001 through November 2001; decided Arizona would go 309 for 4 Class I areas on Colorado Plateau with commitment to a 309(g) SIP for remaining 8 Class I areas Phase II: Over 300 stakeholders were asked to participate on work groups and committees; over 165 did starting in May 2002 through August 2003
Organizational Structure~Arizona Regional Haze SIP Development Director ADEQ Project Oversight Committee Stakeholder Advisory Committee Peer Review Panels Outreach & Communications Committee Dust Management Work Group Pollution Prevention Work Group Stationary Source Work Group Fire Emission Work Group Mobile Source Work Group Emissions Inventory Work Group Technical Assessment Work Group
Related Rulemakings Reasonably Attributable Visibility Impairment (RAVI) Rule Revisions to existing Fire Rules for Unlawful Open Burning and Forest & Range Management Burns Western Backstop SO2 Trading Program Rule; revisions to related rules for inventory pre-trigger requirements
Current SIP Process Workgroup/Committee review August 20, 2003; Management review complete SIP to be released for public comment on October 24, 2003 with Public Hearings on November 24th and in both Phoenix and Flagstaff. Await outcome of EPA’s proposed revisions to Regional Haze Rule for mobile sources Continue communication with other 309 states in effort to maintain SIP cohesiveness
Next Steps for Arizona Submit “base” SIP to EPA by December 31, 2003 Submit SIP revision for final fire rules and Arizona trading/inventory rule before June 2004 Begin work on Section 309(g) for Arizona’s remaining 8 Class I areas Continue and support relationship with WRAP