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Gregory A. Green, 

Washin

May 
Vision and Guiding PrincReport Panel members asked to com

three aspects of the report:

 Is the report on target for goals 

priorities?

 How can EPA and its partners 

together to achieve the report’s guiding principles?

 How can the CAAAC measure 

implementation?
Vision and Guiding PrincReport Vision and Principles are precede

 Report from National Academy of S

included recommendations on wherin the future

 CAAAC’s Air Quality Management S

Reports I and II

 The Vision and Guiding Principle

validates these efforts

 Many of the latest report’s recom

are already underway
Working to Implement Several Recommendations Multi-pollutant and streamlined planning

 AQMP pilot projects in North Carolina, New York a

 Intended to provide real world examples of how to 

comprehensive multi-pollutant plans 

 Detroit Multi-Pollutant Project

 Supports that we have the ability to do multipolluta

 Expanding national control strategies

 Marine and Locomotive Rule

 EPA standards that will dramatically reduce diese

locomotives and marine diesel engines

 Ocean Going Vessels Proposed Emission Control 

Canada

 The U. S. and Canada have submitted a proposal 

Maritime Organization to designate an area off ouinternational emission controls would apply to oce
Working to Implement SeverRecommendations

 Expanding ENERGY STAR voluntary 

 Residential, commercial and industrial sectors, s

governments, and products

 Overcoming barriers to clean energy/

integration

 Working with other offices to identify ways to rem

(e.g. consideration of reductions from RPS in SI

 Increased resources and funding to s

effective program implementation by partners

 Numerous large grants to S/L/T partners under 

ARRA
Working to Implement Several Recommendations Improving quality and accessibility 

information

 National Emissions Inventory/Emissions I

 Improve access to and quality of emissions in

 AIRNow/NASA partnership

 NASA providing EPA satellite data to load 

improve air quality estimates between mon

 Improve emissions measurement, 

inventories

 New Mobile Source Emission Model (MO

 Draft includes criteria pollutants, full ran

allows for modeling of toxics
Need for Further Prioritiz EPA resources are limited an

growing

 Let us know which 1-3 actions 

CAAAC’s highest priority 

 Entities outside the Agency m

suited to perform certain task

 Go beyond concepts and pro

specifics on implementation
Need for Further Explorat Transitioning into a truly multi-pollutant 

 Coordination and integration of policy Development of technical tools

 Integrating climate protection strategies 

air quality management infrastructure

 Better understand impact different strategies 

other

 Reduction strategies of one pollutant may ha

impacts on others

 Incorporating climate change into S/L/T 

sector activities

 Increases workload while existing requireme
Need for Further Explorat Implementing the recommendations con

integrating land use, energy, transportaquality better

 Requires multi-agency involvement

 How to implement some recommendati

legislation

 Clean Air Act could limit implementation of re
Need to Better Measure Success Implementation by stakeholders is esse

 We can put policies in place but stakeholder

them

 Quantify and qualify emission reduction

 Include the number of people breathing clea

improvements are taking place

 Form ad hoc committees or workgroups 

issues as they arise 

 Inform EPA on where greater efforts or 

needed

 Investigate why certain programs have not s

 Self-evaluate