WESTAR Planning Committee Report

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WESTAR Planning Committee Report 2014 Spring Business Meeting Boise, Idaho

Leadership and Mission Current Co-Chairs: Cindy Heil, Alaska Gail Cooke, New Mexico Air Directors Liaison: Alice Edwards, Alaska Mission: Identify air quality issues that have a direct impact on western states Ensure western concerns are considered in the national debate

Current Activities Monthly Conference Calls (1st Thursday of the month) Key Tracking Issues: NAAQS Revisions; Implementation Infrastructure SIP Requirements Exceptional Events Rule Implementation; Tracking Events Regional Haze Rule Issues/Recommendations Western Transport Issues/Impacts

Recent Planning Committee Actions Regional Haze Completed 2018 RH SIP Timeline/Plan for regional work supporting SIP development in conjunction w/Technical Committee Reviewed FLM comments to EPA on RHR Commented EPA proposals SO2 nonattainment area guidance 2011 base year modeling platform Proposed woodstove NSPS SO2 data requirements rule – will be prepared

Recent Planning Committee Actions (cont.) Tracking Carbon Pollution Standards for Power Plants, 111(d) plans Homer case and interstate transport Maintain a resource table listing the status of exceptional event packages in WESTAR states Developed suggested topics for EPA briefing agenda item at this meeting

In the Next 6 Months Continue discussion with EPA on RHR revisions Continue tracking issues; comment as appropriate Continue dialogue among western states on issues of concern Exceptional events Rule revisions Ozone and wildfires guidance