Appendix I

VISTAS Final Products

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation 

Division of Air Pollution Control 

9th Floor L&C Annex 

401 Church Street 

Nashville, TN 37243

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VISTAS Final Products 

Draft Outline Jun 3, 2007 

I. VISTAS Summary Materials 

a. VISTAS Summary Report for FLM Consultation Meeting Jun 12-13, 2018 

b. VISTAS Summary Presentation 

http://www.vistas-sesarm.org/documents/FinalDocs.asp

c. Summary Presentations for each Class I Area 

http://www.vistas-sesarm.org/documents/FinalDocs.asp

II. Monitoring: 

ftp://ftp.air-resource.com/VISTAS

http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/views/

a. Conceptual Description: 

i. Justification of New IMPROVE equation: nephelometer data using 

old and new equation 

ii. Current Conditions: 20% worst days, 20% best days, annual average, 

timelines 

iii. Natural Background Conditions 

iv. Uniform Rate of Progress Glidepath 

v. ARS May 2003 report, Brewer and Adlhoch, 2005 AWMA paper 

b. Classification and Regression Tree Analyses 

ftp://ftp.icfconsulting.com (Login ID: vistasmet; password: Mettool2) (Final 

Report, ppt with final graphics) 

i. Meteorological parameters related to 5 visibility classes 

ii. 2002 conditions compared to 2000-2004 baseline period 

c. Special Monitoring Studies 

i. Continuous Monitoring of sulfate, nitrate, total carbon, black carbon, 

and PM2.5 mass at Focus Sites (Great Smoky Mtns., Cape Romain, 

Millbrook) to define temporal and spatial variability 

ii. High volume carbon sampling and analysis (Carbon 14 analysis to 

define modern vs fossil carbon, Chemical Mass Balance and Positive 

Matrix Factorization to identify sources of primary carbon 

iii. NH4 and Na measurement by ion chromatography for IMPROVE 

filters from 9 VISTAS sites for Oct 2003-Dec 2004 

III. Emissions Inventory: 

ftp://ftp.alpinegeophysics.com (Login ID: vistasei; password: emisdata) 

ftp://ftp.mactec.com/Outgoing/VISTAS (Login ID: externalclient; password: 

sen382) 

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a. Inventory Data Summary: VISTAS States: point, area, on road mobile, non 

road mobile, annual average, organized at county and ___ [SCC/SIPS] tier 

level 

i. 2002 actual 

ii. 2002 typical 

iii. 2009 

iv. 2018 

b. Inventory Data Summary: 2008 NKY (including counties in OH: point, area, 

on road mobile, non road mobile 

i. 2008 summer day and annual average 

ii. 2002 typical and 2009 summer day 

c. Documentation of methods for each year 

i. MACTEC 2002, 2009, 2018 inventory report (dated Jan 2007) 

ii. MACTEC 2002 area source inventory report 

iii. MACTEC 2002 point source inventory report 

iv. Pechan 2002 Onroad and Nonroad inventory report 

v. MACTEC 2008 NKY inventory report (to be produced spring 2007) 

d. NIF and IDA files supporting items (a) and (b) above, with read me file 

e. Emissions Modeling Data Files ready to input into SMOKE for all sectors 

i. 2002 actual 

ii. 2002 typical 

iii. 2009 

iv. 2018 

f. Emissions Modeling Documentation (draft report by Greg Stella to be posted) 

i. Temporal Allocation 

ii. Speciation 

iii. Spatial Allocation 

1. Development of Gridded Surrogate Files 

iv. Treatment of large fire plume rise 

v. Quality Assurance 

g. Emissions Inventory and Emissions Modeling Technical Support 

Documentation (to be posted) 

IV. Meteorological Modeling 

http://www.baronams.com/projects/VISTAS/ 

b. Selection of 2002 as Base Year 

a. Meteorological data 

b. MM5 QAPP 

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c. MM5 2002 model performance 

d. Final report, data sets 

V. Air Quality Modeling 

http://pah.cert.ucr.edu/vistas/vistas2/index.shtml

a. Selection of Modeling System 

i. SMOKE 

ii. CMAQ 

1. SOA Modifications 

c. Modeling QAPP 

d. Modeling Protocol 

e. GEOS-CHEM global modeling for initial and boundary conditions for CMAQ 

f. CMAQ 2002 Model Performance Evaluation 

g. 2018 Projected emissions under existing regulations 

h. 2018 Emissions Sensitivities (Base D, Base F, Base G Area of Influence) 

http://www.ce.gatech.edu/research/vistas/products.htm

VI. Reasonable Progress Analyses 

a. Back Trajectory Analyses 

b. Residence Time Analyses 

ftp://ftp.air-resource.com/VISTAS

c. Area of Influence Analyses 

ftp://ftp.environ.org/pub/outgoing/vistas 

Area of Influence Reports and ppts 

d. Four Factor Analysis 

Excel with source sector analysis by Area of Influence for each Class I 

area 

Excel lists of sources within AoI 

VII. BART 

a. VISTAS BART Modeling Protocol and supporting data sets 

http://www.vistas-sesarm.org 

http://www.src.com/calpuff/calpuff1.htm

b. List of BART Eligible Sources 

b. Explanation of BART Exemption Modeling 

c. BART Determinations 

VIII. Final LTS and RP Goals 

IX. SIP Documentation 

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X. VISTAS Background, workgroups, presentations 

http://www.vistas-sesarm.org

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