Technical Coordinator Report

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Technical Coordinator Report

• WRAP MTF/AMC Projects
• RA BART
• 309 Backstop Trading Program Rule/SIP
• Fall Technical Conference
• Flash Tank Emissions Workshop
• Ozone Conference
• Committee Support

2
RA BART Phase II

• Recommend a general procedure and applicable
  technical approaches that may be used by states
  and tribes to assess reasonable attribution in
  response to a Federal Land Manger Certification
  of Impairment

3
RA BART Working Group Members

• Alice Edwards, Alaska
• Mike Sundblom, Arizona
• Deb Wolfe, Montana
• Dana Mount, North Dakota
• Dave DuBois, New Mexico
• Colleen Delaney, Utah
• Lisa Reiner, Quinalt Indian Nation
• Bruce Polkowsky and Kristi Gebhart, National Park
  Service

4
309 Backstop Trading ProgramModel Rule and SIP

• Update Model Rule - Develop SIP
• Educate agency rule writers
• Rewrite draft to work within State regulatory
  structures
• Address EPA comments
• Review by MTF, AZ Stakeholders

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Model Rule Working Group

• Corky Martinkovic, AZ
• Mary Hilbert, NM
• Colleen Delaney,
• Lenore Epstein, UT
• Tina Jenkins, WY
• Bob Gruenig, NTEC

• Lee Alter, WRAP
• Lily Wong, EPA Region 9
• Laurel Dygowski, EPA Region 8

6
Fall Technical Conference on Increment Tracking
and Cumulative Effect Modeling

• Case Studies
• Technical Options
• Meteorology
• Emission Inventory
• Modeling

7
Flash Tank Emissions Workshop

• Exchange information among EPA and states
  regarding the characterization and control of VOC
  and HAP emissions from oil and gas production
  operations.
• Help states collect information from this source
  category

8
Ozone Conference

• Create a common understanding of the nature,
  extent, causes and trends of ozone in the western
  U.S.
• Focus on rural ozone
• Identify additional assessment work needed to
  better characterize ozone in the West.