1. WESTAR Planning Committee
Committee Update before the WESTAR Council
Cheryl Heying, Utah
San Francisco, CA
April 2007

2. Committee Activities
Monthly phone meetings (First Thursday at 2 PM MT)
States involved on priority issues:
Particulate Matter Standards
Exceptional and Natural Events
Regional Haze Plan Development
Updates on regional topics (Four Corners, RMNP)
Clean Air Mercury Rule
110(a)(2)(D) State Implementation Plans
Proposed Changes to Ozone Standard

4. Ozone Values in Western National Parks

7. Developed Comment Letters for Board
Developed letters commenting on the following:
New Standards for Particulate Matter
New Standards for Transition Period between old and new Particulate Matter Standards
New Rules regarding Exceptional and Natural Events
New Rules for Particulate Monitoring

8. Current and Future Priorities
Regional Haze SIP completion
Interesting projects in your state/national park discussions
Rural Air Issues, i.e. ozone, oil and gas, mercury etc.
Track Ozone NAAQS revision
Clean Air Mercury Rule
PM 2.5 State Implementation Plans

9. Leadership for 2006-2007 Planning Committee
Ira Domsky Arizona, WESTAR Board liaison
Cheryl Heying, Utah
Alice Edwards, Alaska