Optimization of O3 NAAQS Compliance Networks OTC/MANE-VU Committee Meeting Hall of States 444 N. Capitol Street, NW Washington, D.C. April 11, 2017 Will Ollison (American Petroleum Institute) 1220 L Street, NW • Washington, DC 20005-4070 • www.api.org
Isn’t an OTC Monitoring Committee now needed? New Opportunities Isn’t an OTC Monitoring Committee now needed? Enhanced Monitoring Plans are required by 2019 for moderate & above nonattainment areas [40 CFR §58.10(a)(11)]. Use of best available monitoring and modeling techniques are required to determine transport contributions to nonattainment areas [42 CFR §7511c(d)]. The reliability of O3 models is judged on their agreement with compliance monitoring data. New “interference-free” FRMs/FEMs are available but are not currently required/deployed within the O3 compliance network - https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/files/ambient/qa/qanews19.pdf 1220 L Street, NW • Washington, DC 20005-4070 • www.api.org