**Statement of Work**

**FULL AND OPEN MISSION CONTRACT**

***Support for Clean Air Markets and Related Environmental Programs***

I.  **SCOPE**

    The purpose of this procurement is to provide technical, analytical,
    and communications support primarily to the Clean Air Markets
    Division within the Office of Atmospheric Programs, U.S.
    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This contract requires the
    contractor to perform work in the following task areas:

    A. Economic, Cost Accountability, Market, and Statistical Analyses

    B. Environmental Assessment, Benefits Indicators, and Evaluative
    Analyses

    C. Technical and Engineering Analyses

    D. Regulatory Program and Guidance Development Support

    E. Communications, Outreach, Design and Graphics, and Meeting
    Facilitation Support

    F. Data Systems, Information Technology, Web, and Computer Systems
    Support

G. Support for International Projects (Emissions Monitoring and Market
Mechanisms in North America, Asia, Latin America, and Other
Regions/Areas)

The Contracting Officer will issue work assignments for all work
required under this contract in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the contract. The contractor shall submit all work products in draft
for review and approval by appropriate Government personnel prior to
preparation and issuance in final, in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the contract. The Government will make all final
determinations and decisions after a critical and close review of the
contractor's work product and reasons/basis for the contractor's
recommendations. The contractor shall not represent itself as EPA to
outside parties. To maintain public trust, the contractor shall identify
themselves as agency contractors, at the onset of any communications
with outside parties.

II. **BACKGROUND**

    EPA\'s Clean Air Markets Division (CAMD) in the Office of
    Atmospheric Programs (OAP) within the Office of Air and Radiation
    has the primary responsibility for developing, implementing, and
    assessing the Acid Rain Program authorized under Title IV of the
    Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA), NOx Budget Program under
    the NOx SIP Call, Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) promulgated in
    May 2005 pursuant to authority under CAA Section 110(a)(2)(D), and
    the allowance trading and emissions monitoring provisions of the
    Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) promulgated in May 2005 pursuant to
    authority under the CAA. The Division is also responsible for
    developing new market-based programs that control emissions from
    electrical power generation and other large stationary sources. The
    contractor will be required to perform a wide range of analyses and
    activities required under Titles I, III, IV, VIII, and IX of the
    CAAA in support of Federal and State implementing programs. For
    example, sections 812 and 901(j) of the CAAA require benefit/cost
    analyses that focus on the public health, economy, and environment
    of the United States. In addition, analyses may be necessary for
    other rulemaking activities related to the development, operation
    and evaluation of a range of market-based programs or any analyses
    related to power generation, energy consumption, and the pollutants
    associated with these sectors including sulfur dioxide (SO~2~ ),
    nitrogen oxides (NOx), ozone (O~3~), particulate matter (PM2.5),
    mercury (Hg), other toxic air pollutants as well as emissions of
    carbon dioxide (CO~2~) and other greenhouse gases. Analysis may also
    be required to meet the support for U.S. international agreements,
    including the 1991 U.S. -- Canada Air Quality Agreement, and air
    program development in China, India, Mexico, and other countries
    with rapidly advancing industrial growth.

Contractor support services are sought to assist CAMD in fulfilling
program accountability requirements. Program monitoring and assessment
activities are critical to CAMD's mission, and CAMD has several
performance measures or drivers that provide a framework for program
accountability. These include performance measures under the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA), Program Assessment Rating Tool
(PART) under the President's Management Agenda; annual reports (e.g.
Acid Rain Program Progress Report, NOx Budget Program Progress Reports,
etc.) for states, other program stakeholders, and the public; and the
National Academy of Sciences 2004 Report Recommendations on Air Quality
Management. The contractor shall also provide support for outreach and
communications. Contractor support is intended to provide the Agency
with the flexibility to carry out other mandates and future initiatives
related to the Statement of Work. Analyses may also be required for
evaluating other future environmental programs.

III. **TASK DESCRIPTIONS**

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A.  **Economic, Cost Accountability, Market, and Statistical Analyses**

    The contractor shall:

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a)  Perform statistical analyses on large emissions monitoring or other
    environmental monitoring data bases for regulatory development,
    evaluation, compliance, and quality assurance. This may require
    designing sampling procedures, screening data to determine
    applicable statistical techniques, and applying descriptive and
    inferential statistical analysis, including parametric and
    non-parametric tests, regression, correlation, and times series
    analysis, and other multi-variate methods. Results may require
    development and presentation in hard copy format, in software files
    (*e.g.*, SAS or spreadsheet files), and in interactive computer
    displays.

b)  Locate appropriate census data, develop exposure baselines for
    different populations and geographic areas, and assess the
    distribution of benefits from different programs using accepted
    methods for determining EJ (environmental justice) populations and
    communities.

c)  Analyze economic and environmental impacts of inter-pollutant and
    international trading scenarios, including case studies and economic
    and scientific analysis.

d)  Assess the implications of potential government policies to regulate
    air emissions on the regulated community and the implications of
    energy and related government policies (i.e., electricity
    restructuring legislation, incentives under the Energy Policy Act,
    and renewable portfolio standards) on air emissions from electrical
    power generation and other large stationary sources.

e)  Assess the performance and effects of prospective market-based
    programs (e.g., mercury (Hg), NOx, multi-pollutants, CO~2~, PM,
    others), including the economic impact of various forms of market
    programs versus other options.

f)  Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses and create reports on
    international energy markets or other relevant sectors for purposes
    of understanding and assessing sectoral and technology issues within
    the context of emissions trading.

g)  Assess industry costs and perform cost analyses appropriate for use
    in developing program performance measures, including efficiency
    measures, for Performance Assessment Rating Tool (PART) evaluations
    under the President's Management Agenda. Using established economics
    and accounting methods, estimate the costs of compliance with air
    pollution reduction programs (e.g., Acid Rain, Clean Air Interstate
    Rule (CAIR) Programs) or proposed legislative or regulatory
    strategies. The compliance and abatement costs to be estimated are
    primarily various industry costs (marginal, total, average), but may
    include administrative and other costs.

h)  Assess the impacts of sector-based and other air pollution
    initiatives and legislative or regulatory changes affecting the
    utility and other industrial sectors on implementation and
    performance of the Acid Rain, CAIR, and other air pollution control
    programs. Such evaluations may include emissions measurement and air
    pollution control methods for new and changing requirements for
    non-utility generators (NGUs), Independent Power Producers (IPPS),
    and other pollutant generating sectors.

i)  Perform analysis of U.S. -- Canada transboundary NOx and SO~2~ in
    support of the current ozone annex and potential annexes to the U.S.
    -- Canada Air Quality Agreement.

j)  Perform analysis of U.S. -- Mexico transboundary emissions .

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B.  **Environmental Assessment, Benefits Indicators, and Evaluative
    Analyses**

The contractor shall:

a)  Perform studies on State, national, and international air pollution
    control programs including possible case studies and comparisons of
    programs.

b)  Assess the performance of the Acid Rain Program and other pollution
    control programs, including CAIR, Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR), NOx
    Budget, Western Regional Haze, and BART Programs and develop support
    for Agency recommendations for overall program implementation,
    streamlining, and improvements.

c)  Perform field surveys, ambient and environmental sampling, and other
    environmental research to ensure unbiased and representative
    atmospheric concentration and deposition measurements. Surveys may
    include fish tissues, water, and other environmental indicator
    samples. Scope includes both atmospheric deposition and ecological
    (e.g., freshwater and terrestrial) research, monitoring, and
    assessment.

d)  Provide independent quality assurance and quality control activities
    designed to assess overall data quality and determine accuracy and
    precision of field measurements collected from environmental
    monitoring networks, including CASTNET, Mercury and NADP activities.

e)  Provide technical and field sampling operational support for
    atmospheric and deposition monitoring networks.

f)  Scientific and technical support for the measurement and analysis of
    mercury samples in wet and dry deposition and in the ambient air,
    including quality assurance and data management.

g)  Facilitate the deployment, inventory, and tracking of scientific
    instrumentation and monitoring equipment for a nationwide
    atmospheric mercury monitoring network.

h)  Develop a nationwide repository for mercury measurement data and
    other environmental effects indicator data.

i)  Perform assessments of trends in mercury and other air pollutants
    related data sets, including geostatistical analysis of ecological
    indicators.

j)  Perform cost/benefit or co-benefit analyses including the
    quantification and valuation of benefits using techniques such as
    contingent valuation, cost-of-illness, and risk analysis, estimating
    dose-response and concentration-response functions. Benefits
    analyses may also include incidental benefits, such as incidental
    pollutant removals as well as analyses of benefits and valuation of
    ecological response to changes in emissions. Such analyses may be
    necessary for existing programs as well as for scenarios involving
    potential future emissions reductions of NO~X~, SO~2~, PM, CO~2~,
    mercury, their byproducts, and other pollutants.

k)  Perform atmospheric environmental and ecological modeling and
    provide analyses of data including the development of graphical or
    other pictorial (e.g. maps) materials. Analyses may also involve the
    development of various projections and forecasts of emissions for
    use in modeling. Ecological modeling may include water and watershed
    modeling, focusing on both chemistry and biological endpoints in
    aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and data analysis. Models may be
    altered to meet CAMD needs. Input data for modeling deposition shall
    be calculated or acquired.

l)  Assist in identifying and evaluating the utility of environmental
    indicators (e.g., public health and ecological endpoints) and
    assessment approaches for tracking and assessing the environmental
    response to existing programs as well as for scenarios involving
    potential future air pollutant emissions reductions including NOx~,~
    SO~2~, mercury, their byproducts, and other air pollutants.
    Assessment approaches for evaluating ecological response shall
    include, but not be limited to critical loads.

m)  Perform epidemiological and environmental indicator program
    effectiveness assessment studies.

n)  Continue assessments of the Title IV Acid Rain Program, as required
    for the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP) and
    other studies under Title IX of the 1990 CAAA, extending these
    analyses to include the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), Clean Air
    Mercury Rule (CAMR), NOx Budget, Western Regional Haze, and BART
    Programs and future programs that may address other emissions (e.g.,
    greenhouse gases).

o)  Perform air quality modeling. The scope includes: (1) Preparing
    emissions and processing data for utility and non-utility sources
    from EPA and other sources for air modeling assessment, as well as
    any other inputs needed for the modeling such as area and mobile
    source emissions and meteorological data; (2) Collecting and
    validating ambient measurement data, processing, and assimilation
    for assessment and air model evaluation; (3) Using accepted air
    models and providing testing, evaluation, and options for related
    pre-and-post processing; (4) Developing graphics, including animated
    simulations and static graphics for air model; (5) Collecting,
    compiling, and analyzing data on emissions, air quality modeling,
    and monitoring, and report writing; (6) Coordinate modeling
    activities including quality assurance activities and
    standardization where appropriate. The scope shall include peer
    review and support for documentation of air quality modeling
    assessment.

p)  When EPA identifies assessment and analysis activities or special
    studies that require nationally and internationally recognized
    experts beyond the contractor's immediate staff, the contractor
    shall:

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1)  Draft technical specifications describing the peer review and/or
    issues to be addressed by the expert panel or work group.

2)  Assist EPA in identifying candidates with the requisite expertise.

3)  Develop for EPA review and approval estimates of cost and level of
    effort and delivery schedules for the activities to be performed by
    outside experts.

4)  Convene panels and work groups and/or perform the special study
    using those candidates whose qualifications meet EPA's requirements.

5)  Document the information obtained from the panel or work group
    and/or issue the special study and report how they are used.

**C. Technical and Engineering Analyses**

The contractor shall perform the following technical and engineering
analyses:

a)  Perform technical reviews of the following data and documents
    submitted to the Agency for completeness, accuracy, and compliance
    with applicable regulations:

    1.  Permit applications, alternative emission limitations, emission
        measurement variance petition requests, compliance plans, and
        record keeping and reporting requirements to determine
        compliance with applicable regulations.

    2.  Facility and environmental data submitted pursuant to the Acid
        Rain Program, CAIR Program, and future air pollution control
        programs for consistency with data contained in other available
        databases.

    3.  Monitoring plans, quality assurance tests, technical
        documentation, and emissions data to assess compliance with
        applicable regulations.

    4.  Utility and other power generation quarterly report data for a
        variety of purposes.

    5.  Data such as fuel usage records, or production records in
        support of emission allowance allocations.

> b\) Examine literature regarding existing technologies industrial
> processes that emit pollutants such as SO~2~, NOx, Hg, other air
> toxics, and particulate matter, and CO~2.~ Evaluate appropriate
> monitoring and measurement technologies and emission control or
> reduction technologies and possible future innovations for such
> industrial processes.
>
> c\) Assess the impact of Clean Air Act programs on the availability,
> costs, and performance of energy savings and pollution prevention
> technologies. Review emerging technological, regulatory, and marketing
> innovations related to energy efficiency and renewable energy
> technologies.
>
> d\) Analyze alternative procedures in lieu of continuous emission
> monitors (CEMs) for monitoring emissions from affected units, and/or
> procedures for substituting missing data using parametric and
> statistical approaches.
>
> e\) Perform field tests and studies:

1.  To assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of air pollution
    control systems in limiting SO~2~, NOx, Hg, CO~2~ and other
    emissions.

2.  To assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of continuous
    emission monitoring systems or other emissions quantification
    techniques for measuring or quantifying parameters such as SO~2~,
    flow, NOx, diluent gas, Hg, CO~2~, PM, opacity and other air
    pollutants.

3.  To examine new reference methods or systems for use with continuous
    emission monitoring.

4.  To assess the quality of calibration standards (including cylinder
    gas standards and calibration gas generators) used to quality assure
    data collected by measurement methods and monitoring systems.

5.  To develop emission factors for large stationary sources including
    power boilers and industrial boilers and for emissions including
    SO~2~, NOx, Hg, direct PM and CO~2~

    f.  Perform engineering and costing studies and analyze performance
        test data on the emission reductions of various pollutants, such
        as SO~2~, NOx, PM, Hg, and other air pollutants that can be
        achieved on electric power generation and industrial boilers
        firing various types of coal in the U.S. and overseas. These
        studies and analyses may include all types of boilers as well as
        other industrial process combustion equipment. Analyze possible
        operating parameter impacts as well as add-on controls.

    g.  Assess control technology for all types of boiler and turbine
        operations. In addition, evaluate the performance and control of
        both electric power generation and industrial boilers required
        to meet the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), State
        Implementation Plans (SIPs), and CAA Title IV and Section 126
        requirements.

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h)  Prepare and implement written, automated, and multimedia training
    tools for electronic and field audit training activities.

i)  Perform selected field audits or provide technical data in support
    of EPA/State regional field offices.

j)  Develop and assess energy efficiency, conservation, and renewable
    energy options that could be used to reduce various air pollutants
    and CO~2~:

    1.  Develop options and assess impacts for the power generation
        sector and economy wide.

    2.  Evaluate costs and benefits of alternative options.

k)  Perform analytical studies to compare thermal performance, costs,
    and environmental impacts of various power generation and industrial
    boiler technologies. The environmental impacts may include air
    emissions, wastewater discharge, and solid waste generation. The
    technologies may include advanced technologies, such as
    gasification, with the capability to co-produce a variety of fuels
    and chemicals.

l)  Perform engineering and cost studies and analyze performance test
    data on emission monitoring alternatives that could be used to
    measure various pollutants, such as SO~2~, NOx, PM, Hg, other
    toxics, and CO~2~ for other emission source categories, (such as the
    pulp and paper industries, smelters, etc), in support of the air
    program.

m)  Perform analytical studies to establish and compare the impacts of
    installing power generation and air pollution control technologies
    on available industrial resources, such as skilled labor, specialty
    construction equipment, engineering and construction staff belonging
    to various trades, construction materials, and equipment
    manufacturers. These comparisons may include lead times for the
    engineering, fabrication, and delivery of major equipment; overall
    plant engineering, procurement, and construction schedules; and
    estimates of required construction hours for skilled labor.

n)  Assess fuels markets (including coal and gas) and electricity
    markets in support of updating power sector forecasting models.

o)  Perform analytic studies to compare performance, costs and
    environmental impacts of non-combustion power generation
    technologies including wind and nuclear power.

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D.  **Regulatory Program and Guidance Development Support**

> Regulatory program and guidance development support may be required
> for the Acid Rain, NOx Budget, CAIR, and CAMR and other Clean Air Act
> pollutant environmental programs. The contractor shall:

a)  Provide technical and administrative support for regulatory
    development of the Acid Rain, NOx Budget Trading, CAIR, CAMR, and
    other air pollution control programs.

b)  Determine the impact of new and revised program rules on existing
    program activities and associated computerized data systems.

c)  Develop record keeping processes or systems to manage the receipt of
    large volumes of electronic and hard copy material such as permit
    applications, ambient and deposition monitoring submissions, source
    monitoring submissions, certification and recertification
    applications, and forms, and to process them quickly and efficiently
    (*i.e*., using a processing center or interactive formats).

d)  Draft and finalize program electronic reporting formats and
    instructions.

e)  Develop, categorize, and organize materials for rulemaking dockets
    and regional permit records dockets.

f)  Consolidate, organize, and research responses to public comments
    received on rulemakings.

g)  Provide technical support and administrative support for developing
    an inventory of sources for other emission source categories (such
    as the pulp and paper industries, smelters, etc).

h)  Perform analysis and draft text to meet regulatory requirements in
    supporting Division regulatory efforts.

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E.  **Communications, Outreach, Design and Graphics, and Meeting
    Facilitation Support**

    Communications, outreach, design and graphics, and meeting
    facilitation support may be required for the Acid Rain, CAIR, and
    CAMR Programs as well as other market-based and future environmental
    programs. The contractor shall provide communications support,
    including web development, for outreach and guidance to the affected
    community in the implementation of existing and new programs or
    regulations. These programs may need communications assistance with
    both technical and general implementation issues. In addition,
    support will be needed for outreach to audiences outside the
    regulated industry, including the public.

    The contractor shall:

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a)  Establish communications and information-transfer networks to
    disseminate information including the operation of an established
    hotline, clearinghouse, dockets or electronic bulletin boards that
    could provide technical support services.

b)  Develop training and presentation materials on program requirements
    and associated tools, e.g., Monitoring Data Checking (MDC) software
    and ECMPS system, for Agency staff, the regulated community, State
    agencies, environmental groups, and other critical public parties.

c)  Develop and conduct written and oral surveys in compliance with
    program requirements. This includes the development of the survey
    plan, design and testing of questionnaires, collection and analysis
    of the results, and reporting on the findings.

d)  Design and prepare program information materials including fact
    sheets, brochures, booklets, progress reports, and guidance
    documents (written, audio-visual, and electronic materials).

e)  Prepare graphics for and draft presentations and reports.

f)  Provide graphic, editorial and report drafting support for technical
    documents. Such support shall include technical writing and
    communication of technical, scientific, and engineering information.

g)  Collect data in support of Freedom of Information Act requests and
    federal enforcement actions.

h)  Design, develop, and implement client server-based communication
    systems. These communication systems shall provide access for the
    sharing of market systems data, and emissions tracking system data
    to State Agencies and other public groups.

i)  Plan and conduct workshops for affected industry, EPA Regional
    offices and State environmental departments on topics such as permit
    writing, meeting program requirements, and computer systems to be
    used for auditing, reporting, and quality assurance activities.

j)  Plan and conduct meetings, conferences, hearings, workshops, and
    seminars with EPA Regions, States, tribes, other countries, the
    regulated community, researchers, and other interested groups on
    environmental monitoring and assessment. Such activities shall
    consider assessment approaches (e.g., critical loads), indicator
    development and tracking, and environmental monitoring (e.g.,
    atmospheric concentration and deposition, aquatic and terrestrial
    chemistry, biological change) to track and evaluate environmental
    and human health response to emissions reductions of NOx, SO~2~,
    mercury, and their byproducts.

k)  Organize, attend, facilitate public hearings, training workshops,
    public advisory meetings, CEMS /Data Acquisition and Handling
    Systems (DAHS) and pollution control vendor meetings related to
    program implementation.

l)  Provide facilitation, logistical, and other support functions for
    meetings, conferences, hearings, workshops, and seminars with EPA
    Regions, States, tribes, other countries, the regulated community,
    researchers, and other interested groups. For example, the
    contractor may secure facilities, prepare agendas, take notes,
    develop presentations, supply, set-up, and run audio/video
    equipment, demonstrate software applications, conduct registration,
    copy and distribute handouts, and prepare the presentation materials
    and answers to questions asked during the events ready for posting
    on EPA websites.

    EPA may incorporate Performance -- Based Service Acquisition (PBSA)
    methods for implementing Tasks a -- h of this section. The
    contractor shall propose specific, well-defined, written performance
    standards for measuring and assessing the quality, quantity, and
    timeliness of service. EPA and the contractor shall agree on the
    standard(s), measurement method(s), schedule, acceptable quality
    level (AQL), and associated fee incentives/disincentives for
    conforming and nonconforming service levels or products before the
    contractor proceeds with a particular PBSA task.

> **F. Data Systems, Information Technology, Web, and Computer Systems
> Support**

This task area includes development and re-engineering of information
systems, databases, geographic information systems (GISs), and models to
analyze particular regulations, policies, issues, or to implement
routine program implementation activities. Some of these systems will
need to be publicly accessible in a web environment and a large, high
volume internal database will be required to support most systems.
Specifically, the contractor shall (in format stipulated by federal law,
e.g., 508 compliant):

a)  Analyze management and functional requirements specified by EPA and
    develop detailed technical requirements which lead to system design,
    development, testing, and operations.

b)  Perform detailed analysis of information processing requirements
    related to organizational mission objectives and functional
    activities.

c)  Provide technical support for the maintenance of CAMD's existing
    data applications and databases.

d)  Provide technical recommendations for system architecture
    infrastructure issues.

e)  Provide operating system support for Sun Solaris OS, and Microsoft
    NT, and installation, configuration, and maintenance of applications
    running on these operating systems, including Cold Fusion, SAS, ESRI
    Products (e.g., spatial analyst, geostatistical analyst, 3d analyst,
    ArcINFO, ArcIMS, and ArcView), Oracle, Python and other scripting
    languages, and Samba.

f)  Perform database and system administration in both mainframe and
    server environments. Administration includes making updates to
    database tables, adding new database tables, troubleshooting
    problems with servers, and performing back-ups of the data contained
    on servers.

g)  Monitor the functioning of the tracking and information systems,
    identify problems, recommend solutions, and develop proposals for
    continually improving system performance. This may require
    periodically surveying system users and keeping constantly abreast
    of the latest developments in data base software and technology and
    in decision support systems.

h)  Provide hotline support to assist users with installing and running
    EPA-developed applications.

i)  Provide support for installing hardware, loading applications, and
    maintaining system integrity/security on EPA or contractor-operated
    servers.

j)  Provide general web support, including design and creation of new
    HTML/web pages, maps graphics, spiders and written text.

    EPA may incorporate Performance -- Based Service Acquisition (PBSA)
    methods for implementing Tasks f - j of this section. The contractor
    shall propose specific, well-defined, written performance standards
    for measuring and assessing the quality, quantity, and timeliness of
    service and products delivered under a PBSA-designated task. EPA and
    the contractor shall agree on the standard(s), measurement
    method(s), schedule, acceptable quality level (AQL), and associated
    fee incentives/disincentives for conforming and nonconforming
    service levels or products before the contractor proceeds with a
    particular PBSA task.

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G.  **Support for International Projects (Emissions Monitoring,
    Emissions Controls, and Market Mechanisms in Asian, Latin American,
    and Other Countries)**

    Developing countries and economies in transition (EIT's) provide the
    developed world with a tremendous opportunity for affecting global
    energy consumption and minimizing transcontinental transport of
    mercury and other pollutant emissions.

    Market mechanisms can help these countries provide capital for
    investment in emission reductions while providing the developed
    world with lower energy consumption and cross-border transport of
    pollutant emissions. Designing cap and trade and other air pollution
    control programs with appropriate emission monitoring can help these
    countries address local health problems cost-effectively. The
    contractor shall:

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a)  Develop baseline, monitoring, verification and methodologies for
    project-level emissions offsets.

b)  Develop an emissions and allowance tracking system suitable for use
    by other countries with trading programs.

c)  Use pilot programs to test and promote cap and trade and other
    market mechanisms internationally.

d)  Conduct economic analyses of the benefits of using market mechanisms
    including cap and trade programs and project-level trading
    activities.

e)  Assess, develop, and design studies to integrate potential
    cross-border trading between Canada and the U.S., the U.S. and
    Mexico, and/or Canada-U.S.-Mexico.

f)  Conduct integrated environmental assessments to evaluate
    environmental and human health results of U.S. and cross-border
    programs, including cap and trade programs and project-level trading
    activities. These activities shall also consider developing a
    strategy for building capacity for complementary environmental
    monitoring programs which address transboundary and other air
    quality and environmental questions.

g)  Develop handbooks, tracking systems, training, and other tools to
    build capacity for market mechanisms.

h)  Conduct economic analysis, emissions projections, and inventories
    for developing countries to assess potential developing country
    commitments to reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions,
    building upon market mechanism experience.

i)  Perform plant walk downs, emission tests, and equipment inspections
    to evaluate performance of existing air pollution control equipment
    installed in power plants located in foreign countries and to
    determine and implement cost-effective modifications to upgrade
    performance. These activities may include use of EPA-developed
    software, such as the electrostatic precipitator optimization
    software.