WESTAR Planning Committee Committee Update Spring Business Meeting 2008 Park City, Utah Dave McNeill, Utah
WESTAR Planning Committee Purpose Identify air quality issues that have a direct impact on western states Ensure western concerns are considered in the national debate
Committee Activities Monthly phone meetings (First Thursday at 2 PM Mountain) Priority issues we are addressing: State Role in Revisions to Prescribed and Wildland Fire Policy Final Policy out for comment “soon” Regional Haze Plan Development/Completion Natural / Exceptional Event Rule Implementation Relation of Exceptional Events Rule to SIPs
Should This Be a Nonattainment Area?
Committee Activities (Cont’d) PM2.5 Designations / Implementation Regional / State Topics Rural Air Issues – i.e. ozone, oil and gas development, mercury, etc. Ozone Designations / Implementation 2008 Revision of Ozone Standard
New Ozone NAAQS 0.075 States in the WESTAR Region (2005-2007 data) Counties with at least one ozone monitor Counties exceeding 0.075 NAAQS Counties > 0.070 and < 0.076 Counties with a NPS ozone monitor NPS monitors exceeding 0.075 NAAQS NPS monitors > 0.070 and < 0.076 Utah Department of Environmental Quality Division of Air Quality April 2, 2008
Leadership for Planning Committee WESTAR Board liaison – Ira Domsky, Arizona Co-Chairs Summer 2006 Alice Edwards, Alaska Cheryl Heying, Utah May 2007 Doug Schneider, Washington August 2007 Dave McNeill, Utah May 2008 Diane Arnst, Arizona (nominated & accepted)