WESTAR Business Meeting April 7, 2004 Tempe, Arizona PSD Reform Initiative WESTAR Business Meeting April 7, 2004 Tempe, Arizona

Topics Initiative Goals Questions/Issues Approach Timeline Budget Communication Strategy

Goal “The goal of the PSD Reform Initiative is to develop recommended changes to EPA rules that implement the Prevention of Significant Deterioration provisions of the Clean Air Act (Title I, Part C), changes that will create a comprehensive program to manage and protect PSD increments and Class I air quality related values (AQRVs) as resources. The changes should establish a practical program that eliminates disincentives in the current rules which are discouraging state and local agencies from addressing cumulative increment consumption and Class I AQRV protection. .”

Questions/Issues Grouped into six categories: Definitions Emission Inventory Issues Increment consumption analysis methods Response to increment exceedance AQRV issues Inter-jurisdiction coordination issues

Approach Parallel evaluations Evaluation criteria – Guiding Principles PSD fundamentals group New framework group Evaluation criteria – Guiding Principles Conference calls Face-to-face meetings

Timeline 3/3/04 Final questions/issues Develop work plans 6/29/04 Preliminary recommendations from both groups Decision regarding parallel or single set of recommendations September ‘04 Consolidated recommendation for WESTAR Council consideration October ’04 Recommendation to STAPPA at membership meeting 2/28/05 Formal recommendation to EPA

Budget In-kind contribution from states, EPA and the FLMs very significant Contractor/facilitation support Allocation of WESTAR staff time

Communication Strategy What is our message? How/when will we communicate our message? Vetting the issues with: Stakeholders involved in workgroup Other stakeholders