2013 Spring Business Meeting San Francisco, California WESTAR Planning Committee Report

Leadership and Mission  Current Co-Chairs:  Adele Malone, Nevada  Cindy Heil, Alaska  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 (1 st 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 Workgroup modified its list of issues with the rule and recommended solutions  Developed a system to track and share exceptional events packages submitted by WESTAR states  Committee members have participated in:  Multi-pollutant infrastructure SIP guidance review  Regional Haze 5-year progress report guidance review  Wild fires/ozone exceptional events meeting in Sacramento

In the Next 6 Months  Open discussion with EPA on RHR Revisions  Go live with exceptional events tracking table  Continue tracking issues; comment as appropriate  Continue dialogue among western states on issues of concern