Transcript Westar Technical Committee

Westar Technical Committee
Westar Spring Business Meeting
April 2008
Park City, Utah
Technical Committee
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Modeling
Monitoring
Emission inventories
Data Management
Committee Members
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Alaska - Gerry Guay - Alan Shuler
Hawaii - Marianne Rossio –Philip Robbins
Washington – Julie Oliver – Mike Ragan
Oregon – Phil Allen – Rachel Sakata
California – Ajith Kaduwela
Idaho – Bruce Louks – Chris Ramsdell
Utah – Brock LeBaron– Patrick Barickman
Nevada – Brenda Harpring – Frank Forsgren
Committee Members (Cont)
• Nevada – Greg Remer – John Foody
Steven Hoelscher – Terry Hall
• Montana – John Coefield – Cyra Cain
• Wyoming – Cara Keslar – Josh Nall Ken
Rairigh
• Colorado – Steve Arnold
• New Mexico – Erik Aaboe – Gi-Dong Kim
Sufi Mustafa
Committee Members (Cont)
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North Dakota – Steve Weber
South Dakota – Jim Anderson
Pima County – Wayne Bird
NPS – Don Shepard Mike George
BLM – Scott Archer
USFS – Mike McCorison
Westar – Bob Lebens – Jeff Gabler
Conference Call Schedule
• 4th Wednesday
• 10-15 people
• 6-10 states, local
• 2-3 Federal agencies
Projects
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Oil and Gas workshops (Fall 2007)
PSD increment tracking
Regional Haze
New PM and Ozone NAAQS
National Monitoring Policy
Fuels For Schools
PM2.5 issues
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Modeled Background
Secondary Particle Formation
Stack Emission Test method
AP-42?
Fuels For Schools
• Large Bio-mass boilers that often need no
permit
• Poorly designed stacks that downwash
onto school playgrounds
• Located in areas where PM is of concern
already
• Operational issues
• Fuel switching issues
Questions?
• John Coefield
• [email protected]
• 406-444-5272