1. WESTAR Planning Committee Report
2014 Spring Business Meeting Boise, Idaho

2. Leadership and Mission
Current Co-Chairs:
Cindy Heil, Alaska
Gail Cooke, New Mexico
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

3. Current Activities
Monthly Conference Calls (1st 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

4. Recent Planning Committee Actions
Regional Haze
Completed 2018 RH SIP Timeline/Plan for regional work supporting SIP development in conjunction w/Technical Committee
Reviewed FLM comments to EPA on RHR
Commented EPA proposals
SO2 nonattainment area guidance
2011 base year modeling platform
Proposed woodstove NSPS
SO2 data requirements rule – will be prepared

5. Recent Planning Committee Actions (cont.)
Tracking
Carbon Pollution Standards for Power Plants, 111(d) plans
Homer case and interstate transport
Maintain a resource table listing the status of exceptional event packages in WESTAR states
Developed suggested topics for EPA briefing agenda item at this meeting

6. In the Next 6 Months Continue discussion with EPA on RHR revisions
Continue tracking issues; comment as appropriate
Continue dialogue among western states on issues of concern
Exceptional events
Rule revisions
Ozone and wildfires guidance