3SAQS Technical Committee Workshop Overview of updated schedule / deliverables related to ongoing 3SAQS technical work October 31, 2013 Tom Moore

2 3SAQS and 3SDW Activities – May 2013 Workshop Three State Air Quality Study 3SAQS CO, UT, WY state meetings Emissions data collection Emissions data processing and prep SAQS Base 2008 version A SMOKE modeling Merging WestJump Base08a and 3SAQS Base08a emissions 3SAQS SMOKE and CAMx Base08a JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJune 3SDW Develop design document and use case scenario Warehouse prototype and tool development Data warehouse use case and testing Use case testing and feedback Populate warehouse with 3SAQS data

3 Upcoming 3SAQS and 3SDW Activities – May 2013 plan Three State Air Quality Study 3SAQS 3SAQS SMOKE and CAMx Base08a CO, UT, WY 2011 inventory data collection; emissions reactivity analysis Complete WRF 2011 modeling and MPE; O3 network technical analysis Year 2011 inventories for base simulation; 2008 pilot cumulative impacts run 3SAQS SMOKE Base2011a; develop future projections inventories off 2011 JuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctober 3SDW Populate warehouse with 3SAQS data Implement online analysis, collaboration components, news and updates Development and testing of online large file transfers Store UT BLM ARMS and other study data Warehouse online for NEPA projects

3SAQS and 3SDW Management Activities June - September 2013 Developed SoW for Technical Committee recommendations from May workshop – Submitted in June Process to modify existing UNC-NPS agreement – Completed in September – Work began immediately Monitoring Network Assessment 2011 Meteorological Modeling Emissions and air quality modeling Team work on Data Warehouse development Three State Air Quality Study

Current Tasks WRF meteorological modeling for 2011 (ENVIRON, UNC) Emissions inventory for 2011 base year (ENVIRON, UNC) Base and future year oil and gas inventories (ENVIRON) – Phase 1A – Estimate 2011 oil and gas emissions based on readily available data – Phase 1B – Estimate future year oil and gas emissions based on readily available data Projection period inventories (UNC) Air quality modeling and analysis (ENVIRON, UNC) – includes Monitoring Network Assessment 3SDW development (CIRA, UNC, ENVIRON ) Three State Air Quality Study

Management Activities November 2013 into 2014 Commitment to Steering Committee and Leadership Team for “late 2013” milestone to have Data Warehouse on-line Tom now at WESTAR – initially a new WESTAR-NPS agreement for Tom’s time Outcomes from this meeting to Steering Committee for December 3 rd meeting, followed by Leadership Team (early TBD) Discussions and Recommendations today – Base year of 2008 and future projections from 2008 ready for routine NEPA project studies “to and from the 3SDW” as of when? – Process to complete assessment and recommend monitoring network and budget – Progress toward 2011 base year work and associated future projections Three State Air Quality Study