# Presentation: 215671

## AQS CONFERENCE 2008

- Ed Lillis
- August 20, 2008

## Welcome

- Thanks for coming
- Appreciate your agency’s interest
- Want the Conference to be helpful to you
- Want your feedback on what we can do better

## Introduce the AQS Team

- Jake Summers		AQS Team Lead
- Bill Frietsche		Conference coordinator
- Jonathan Miller	AQS Training, etc.
- Robert Coats		Design Value report
- Nick Mangus		AQS Data Mart
- AQS RO Contacts	User registration, etc.
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- Tom Lewis		Level 2 User Support
- Mark Whitaker		AQS Contractor (LMIT)

## AQS Team Retirements and New Hires

- Virginia Ambrose--  	August 2007
- Bonnie Johnson--		October 2007
- Jerry Husketh-- 		January 2008
- Chuck Isbell--		May 2008
- Ed Lillis--			January 2009
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- New Hires:
- 	Way Poteat--		New User Registration
-     Angie Shatas--		User Support Manager

## Goals for the Conference

- We want to improve data transfer between EPA and State, local and tribal agencies
- the air quality data you collect is important to OAQPS and others
- We want State, local and tribal agencies to know how to use AQS
- 4 different training sessions this year
- Level 2 support (Tom Lewis) is here for 1 on 1 help
- Jake and others available to discuss AQS issues with you
- We want AQS to operate efficiently and meet your needs
- Want your input and feedback on AQS
- What can we do to make the system easier to use?

## Why are the data important to OAQPS?

- They are used in many regulatory purposes
- Attainment, non-attainment area decisions
- Design values for SIP’s
- They are used for many non-regulatory purposes
- Trend analyses and determining progress
- Air pollution health studies
- By researchers and scientists for air quality analyses
- By the public to decide where to live or vacation

## 2007 Data Submittal to AQS 

**87.3% of the expected 2007 State agency data was submitted as of 4/1/08**
**11 States had data submission rates of 95% or more**
**NH, PA, VA, WV, KY, NM, OK, IA, MO, ND, SD**
**North Dakota had the highest submission rate of 96.8%**
**28 States had data submission rates of 90% or better **
**States listed above and MA, RI, DC, MD, FL, GA,TN, IL, IN, MI, OH, AK, OK,TX, UT, HI and WA**
**Many local and tribal agencies had data submission rates of 90% or more**

## Highlight Some Conference Sessions

- 	AQS Design Value Report
-      Wed @ 11:00
- 	Ambient Monitoring and Analysis Topics
- 		Wed @ 1:00
- National Environmental Information Exchange Network
- 		Wed @ 3:20

## Highlight Some Conference Sessions

- 	Monitoring Topics; interactive question/answer session
- Thursday @ 8:30
- 	AQS User Panel Discussion
- Thursday @ 9:15
- RO Caucus Sessions
- Thursday @ 10:20

## Highlight Some Conference Sessions

- 	Exceptional Events in AQS
- Thurs @ 1:15
- Bay Area Demo of new data system
- Thurs @ 2:00
- Ask the AQS Team
- Thursday @ 3:40

## In Closing

- Appreciate your efforts in submitting your agency’s data to AQS
- Encourage you to take advantage of the training opportunities at the conference
- Encourage you to share your ideas on how we can improve AQS
*Thanks for your help*