1. WESTAR Planning Committee
Committee Update before the WESTAR Council
Doug Schneider, Washington
Boulder, CO
September 2007

2. WESTAR Planning Committee
Identify air quality issues that have a direct impact on western states
Ensure western concerns are considered

3. Committee Activities
Monthly phone meetings (First Thursday at 1 PM PT)
States involved with priority issues:
Proposed Secondary Ozone Standard
State Role in Revisions to Prescribed and Wildland Fire Policy
Regional Haze Plan Development
Relation of Exceptional Events Rule to SIPs
Updates on Regional Topics (oil & gas in the West)

4. Current and Future Priorities
Regional Haze SIP development/completion
Prescribed and Wildland Fire Policy Revision
Ozone NAAQS revision
Regional/state topics
Rural Air Issues – i.e. ozone, oil and gas, mercury, etc.
PM2.5 Designations

5. Revision to Prescribed/Wildland Fire Policy
WESTAR role?
Form a workgroup?
Develop recommendations for the Council?

6. Proposed Ozone NAAQS Develop letter for the Council?
Provide western states perspective
Go beyond NACAA comments
Emphasize areas of special importance to the West
Areas for potential comments
Proposed secondary standard
Follow-up (research, funding, guidance)

7. Leadership for Planning Committee
WESTAR Board liaison – Ira Domsky, Arizona
Co-Chairs
Summer 2006
Alice Edwards, Alaska
Cheryl Heying, Utah
May 2007
Doug Schneider, Washington
August 2007
Dave McNeill, Utah

8. Appendix

10. Potential Comments Proposed secondary NAAQS Proposed revised NAAQS
Based on science
Focused on native and wild vegetation
Daily period? 12 hrs? 24 hours?
Proposed revised NAAQS
Research and funding for the West
Timely implementation rules/guidance
No experience with a secondary standard
Work with the states/get state input