1. 2013 Fall Business Meeting Denver, Colorado
WESTAR Staff Reports
2013 Fall Business Meeting
Denver, Colorado

2. WESTAR Training Program
Jeff Gabler

3. Training Program CY2014 Training Program
Currently Assessing State and Local Training Needs
1-3 Highest Training Priorities per Agency
$367,500 Funding
Offer 25 Courses
Conduct Training in Different Western Cities
Course Update Activities, As Appropriate

4. Training Program FY2013 Activities: FY2012 Activities:
28 Courses Will Be Offered
51 Training Days
~800 Students Trained
~1500 Student Training Days
FY2012 Activities:
22 Courses Offered
52 Training Days
485 Students Trained
1101 Student Training Days

5. Training Program Summary of FY2013 Activities:
LMS Authority Representing the Interests of End-Users (State and Local Agency Staff)
Updates
Enhancements
Maintenance Issues
Chaired APTI-Learn Review Committee:
Reviewed Tasks, Activities, & Deliverables Found in EPA’s Performance Work Statement (PWS)
Crosschecked Against Actuals Found in the LMS
Identified and Prioritized Updates, Enhancements & Maintenance Issues
Communicated Findings to EPA

6. WESTAR Technical Program
Bob Lebens

7. Committee Support Planning Technical Ad hoc Work Groups
Regional Haze Work Group
Regional Haze 2018 Work Group
Wildland Fire Work Group
Regional Haze Activities
The states are completing their BART determinations and RH SIP’s, with WRAP helping.
 (Regional Haze status table is in meeting material, on thumb drives)
Other WRAP Activities
Oil & Gas
The WRAP O&G Workgroup remains in place with bimonthly calls. The Phase III inventory process is moving forward with Wyoming’s funding help, and we are looking at updating these 2006 baselines to 2009 under a Phase IV effort. The Piceance Pilot Project (P3) is looking at Mobile Source Emissions.
Fire Emissions Tracking System
The FETS Project also has bimonthly calls. The FETS website is good on funding into sometime in early 2011, and we have some new funding for an additional effort for a comparative analysis of FETS fire emissions data as compared to the EPA defaults in the 2008 NEI. We are looking to prepare new “regional air quality planning grade” inventories for
  WRAP websites (WRAP & EDMS)
The WRAP websites and the Emission Data Management System contracts were consolidated under an Air Resource Specialists contract, with funding stable into the first quarter of These sites will be maintained with a low level of effort and no new development or training.
Technical Support System & Visibility Information Exchange Web System
The TSS & VIEWS websites will go into hibernation by the end of the year. They will remain available in static form; with no project changes after 2009 IMPROVE data are added this year.
There are two new and emerging projects before the WRAP.
WestJumpAQMS
The WestJumpAQMS Project was conceived by the State of New Mexico, the BLM, & BP Oil Company to begin the next round of regional modeling in response to ozone standards, focusing on the Four Corners Area. But proponents knew they needed inventories outside the Four Corners, and thus this will cover a wider western U.S. perspective. Initial funding is coming through New Mexico, from the BLM and EPA R6, and separately from BP, to the WGA for contracting. Additional resources are needed and being sought.
  Regional Transmission Expansion Project
The RTEP is a DOE funded project for the Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) to study transmission requirements under a range of alternative energy scenarios. The proponents want to incorporate the WRAP’s most recent PRP18b emissions data. The WRAP will go to states with a Technical Memorandum for updating this information and give the results back to the project principals.
There are also two WGA Cooperative Agreements which are paid for by the proponents and will occupy half Tom Moore’s time in the coming couple of years.
 (Not on slide)
National Park Service Critical Loads
This project will collate, database and publish Critical Loads air quality data.
NASA Satellite Data Management
This project will help work on applying NASA satellite data for use in air quality analysis and planning efforts in the WGA region. 7

8. Future Activities Ongoing Committee Support Regional Haze Planning
Recruit new members/leaders
Regional Haze Planning
Residential Wood Heating NSPS
Ozone/Wildfire Exceptional Events
IMPROVE budget
Regional Haze Activities
The states are completing their BART determinations and RH SIP’s, with WRAP helping.
 (Regional Haze status table is in meeting material, on thumb drives)
Other WRAP Activities
Oil & Gas
The WRAP O&G Workgroup remains in place with bimonthly calls. The Phase III inventory process is moving forward with Wyoming’s funding help, and we are looking at updating these 2006 baselines to 2009 under a Phase IV effort. The Piceance Pilot Project (P3) is looking at Mobile Source Emissions.
Fire Emissions Tracking System
The FETS Project also has bimonthly calls. The FETS website is good on funding into sometime in early 2011, and we have some new funding for an additional effort for a comparative analysis of FETS fire emissions data as compared to the EPA defaults in the 2008 NEI. We are looking to prepare new “regional air quality planning grade” inventories for
  WRAP websites (WRAP & EDMS)
The WRAP websites and the Emission Data Management System contracts were consolidated under an Air Resource Specialists contract, with funding stable into the first quarter of These sites will be maintained with a low level of effort and no new development or training.
Technical Support System & Visibility Information Exchange Web System
The TSS & VIEWS websites will go into hibernation by the end of the year. They will remain available in static form; with no project changes after 2009 IMPROVE data are added this year.
There are two new and emerging projects before the WRAP.
WestJumpAQMS
The WestJumpAQMS Project was conceived by the State of New Mexico, the BLM, & BP Oil Company to begin the next round of regional modeling in response to ozone standards, focusing on the Four Corners Area. But proponents knew they needed inventories outside the Four Corners, and thus this will cover a wider western U.S. perspective. Initial funding is coming through New Mexico, from the BLM and EPA R6, and separately from BP, to the WGA for contracting. Additional resources are needed and being sought.
  Regional Transmission Expansion Project
The RTEP is a DOE funded project for the Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) to study transmission requirements under a range of alternative energy scenarios. The proponents want to incorporate the WRAP’s most recent PRP18b emissions data. The WRAP will go to states with a Technical Memorandum for updating this information and give the results back to the project principals.
There are also two WGA Cooperative Agreements which are paid for by the proponents and will occupy half Tom Moore’s time in the coming couple of years.
 (Not on slide)
National Park Service Critical Loads
This project will collate, database and publish Critical Loads air quality data.
NASA Satellite Data Management
This project will help work on applying NASA satellite data for use in air quality analysis and planning efforts in the WGA region. 8