1. Northern Air Managers Formed about 1998
concerns that WRAP focused only on GCVTC states and tribes.
Most NAM concerns addressed
Still need for state/tribe committee review of WRAP activities to ensure continuing support for all Western states and tribes
The Air Managers Committee of the WRAP (AMC) evolved from the Northern Air Managers (NAM).
NAM formed about 4 years ago to address the concerns of some states that the WRAP was so focused on 309 issues that 308 issues were being ignored
Most of the original concerns of the NAM have been addresse
The overall need for a watchdog that ensures WRAP is addressing the needs of regulators (state and tribal) remains.
AMC represents all states and tribes, not just those from the northern states

2. Air Managers Committee
Addresses tribal/state issues
Resolve issues at lower level than WRAP
Forum for information about WRAP processes, priorities, products
Forum to exchange views among states & tribes
AMC purpose, goals and organizational structure
q    Functions of the AMC include:
o      Addressing tribal/state issues
o      Provide a forum for resolving issues at a lower level than the WRAP board
o       Air director liaison
o       Provide a forum for air directors to become informed of the priorities, process and products of the WRAP
o      Coordination/exchange of views

3. FY 2002 AMC Budget (w/o NTEC)
Line Item
Budget
Expenses as of 3/31/02
SIP/TIP Template, RA BART, Model Rule, MOU
$78,871
$55,102
Facilitation, Natural Background
$37,000
Staff Support
$110,000
$18,000
Contingency
$50,000
-0-

4. State Caucus Members AK – Tom Chapple AZ – Ira Domsky CA – Lynn Terry
CO – Margie Perkins
HI – Wilfred Nagamine
ID – Kate Kelly
MT – Don Vidrine
ND – Terry O’Clair
NM – Sandra Ely, Chair
NV – Colleen Cripps
OR – Andy Ginsberg
SD – Brian Gufstafson
UT – Rick Sprott
WA – Stu Clark
WY – Dan Olson

5. Tribal Caucus Members Don Aragon – Shoshone-Arapaho Tribe
Randy Ashley - Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes (Caucus Chair)
Farshid Farsi – Shoshone-Bannock Tribe
Raman Iyer – Chehalis Tribe
Rose Lee – Yakama Nation
Dan Martinez – Warm Springs Tribe
Jim Heckman – Three Affiliated Tribes
Cliff Johnson – Yankton Sioux Tribe
Jay Littlewolf – Northern Cheyenne Tribe

6. Relationship with other Forums
Identify, Communicate Air Managers’ perspective to other WRAP Forums, Committees -“what is needed, or what to do”
Facilitate Dialogue between Air Managers and other WRAP forums and committees
Report on WRAP activities
Identify Emerging Issues
Provide a forum for discussion among air managers
Resolve state/tribal issues

7. State Caucus Coordinator
The state caucus coordinator’s overall goal is: Ensure states have the tools they need to deliver approvable regional haze SIPs. To achieve this goal, the coordinator needs to:
o      Provide a link between air directors and their planning staff engaged in WRAP workgroups and forums.
o      Ensure that the views of caucus states are known to one another
o      Provide issue and policy analysis, not just note taking
o      Act as a watchdog, and advocate for the needs of caucus states
o      Identify new and emerging issues of interest to caucus states
o      Identify things that aren’t being addressed by the WRAP
Overall Goal-Ensure states have tools to deliver approvable RH SIPs
Link air directors & planning staff activities
Ensure state views are known to each other
Issue and policy analysis
Advocate needs of states
Identify emerging issues
Identify needs not addressed by WRAP

8. Tribal Caucus Coordinator
While my title is the Tribal Caucus Coordinator, perhaps the more appropriate phrase to use is “Tribal Advocate” within the WRAP; there are a number of responsibilities
Tracking
Issues, workplans, projects, deadlines and budgets within the WRAP
Review workplans/project scopes
Identify issues with particular relevance to tribes
Policy and technical issues
Conduct research and analysis
Internal and external communications
a. Keep the tribal caucus informed about the
previous three items
b. Work closely with the state caucus coordinator to foster a good relationship between the tribes and states
Facilitate consensus decisionmaking
Operational and policy issues
Identify emerging air quality issues
Not necessarily regional haze related
Recruitment
a. General, regional, forum focus
b. Use of letters, phone calls
c. Outreach at conferences, workshops
Tribal Caucus Coordinator
Tracking
Review workplans/projects
Policy and technical issues
Internal and external communication
Facilitate consensus decisionmaking
Identify emerging air quality issues
Recruitment

9. Internal Roles, Responsibilities-
AMC Co-chairs: Coordinate with other directors and air staff
Coordinators: Work directly with AMC Co-chairs on matters concerning air directors and air staff
WESTAR Exec. Dir.: Provide Administrative Supervision, Support of State Caucus Coordinator
National Tribal Environmental Council-Administrative support, work directly with Coordinator on all other issues. Assign “other tasks, as required”
Discuss roles of co-chairs, coordinator, and WESTAR director
AMC co-chair will have primary responsibility to coordinate with other air directors
The coordinator will work directly with the AMC co-chair on matters concerning the air directors – for example, caucus meetings and conference calls; priority setting.
WESTAR director will provide administrative support and work directly with the coordinator on all other issues
     

10. First Objectives
Establish good working relationships with key individuals
Prepare and update simple representation of critical milestones
Provide timely updates and analyses
Facilitate communication
Prepare policy and impact analyses
Watch WRAP progress
Preliminary objectives for the position include:
o      Establish good working relationships with key individuals active in the WRAP process (eg, tribal coordinator, project managers, co-chairs, etc)
o      Prepare and continuously update a simplified representation of key milestones, activities, dates, etc so that the status of projects that are important to states can be quickly and easily determined
o      Provide timely, concise updates and analyses to air directors
o      Facilitate communications between states, within states (between air directors and their planning staff engaged in WRAP), and between states and tribes
o      Prepare policy analyses and impact assessments
o      Act as a watchdog, ensuring caucus states interests are being addressed by the WRAP