Appendix I 

Data Access 
Data Access Appendix I - 1 

Regional Haze SIP for NC Class I Areas December 17, 2007
Data Access Appendix I - 2 

Regional Haze SIP for NC Class I Areas December 17, 2007

1. Introduction 

The Visibility Improvement State and Tribal Association of the Southeast (VISTAS) Regional 

Planning Organization is in the process of developing a web site that will provide links to or 

directions for receiving all of the final work products from the VISTAS regional haze and 

visibility activities. This web site will be the repository for the various VISTAS reports, analysis 

products, SIP documentation, associated presentations, and meteorological, emissions, and air 

quality modeling input and output information. 

The VISTAS Final Work Products web site is a link off of the VISTAS main web site 

(http://www.vistas-sesarm.org/index.asp). At present, the direct link to the VISTAS Final Work 

Products is http://www.vistas-sesarm.org/documents/FinalDocs.asp. This direct link is subject to 

potential revisions as VISTAS makes cost effective decisions for the long-term storage of and 

access to these final work products. If the direct link listed above changes in the future, the Final 

Work Products link off of the VISTAS main web site will be appropriately updated. 

The raw meteorological, emissions, and air quality modeling input and output datasets will in 

many cases surpass any practical file size for online storage or downloading. Those interested in 

these very large datasets are welcome to request this information from Pat Brewer, VISTAS 

Technical Coordinator, or John Hornback, VISTAS Executive Director, via telephone, email, or 

direct mail. Their contact information is listed below: 

 Pat Brewer John Hornback 

 VISTAS Technical Coordinator VISTAS Executive Director 

 2090 U.S. 70 Highway Metro 4 / SESARM / VISTAS 

 Swannanoa, NC 28778 526 Forest Parkway, Suite F 

 828-296-4500 Forest Park, GA 30297-6140 

pat.brewer@ncmail.net 404-361-4000 

 hornback@metro4-sesarm.org

Arrangements can then be made to transfer the requested modeling data using the most 

appropriate method or medium from the VISTAS archives. 

Attachment I.1 contains the most recent version of the VISTAS Final Products Outline. This 

attachment provides a hard copy of the VISTAS Final Work Products web site including full 

web or FTP links, including any appropriate usernames and passwords, to all the information 

describe above. 

Additionally, the North Carolina Division Of Air Quality (NCDAQ) has established an archive 

of the input and output files used for each Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) 

exemption or determination modeling demonstration presented in Appendix L. Those interested 

in the input and output files from any of the seventeen BART-eligible sources in North Carolina 

can request this information from Jim Roller, NCDAQ Air Quality Analysis Branch Supervisor, 

via telephone, email, or direct mail. His contact information is listed below: 
Data Access Appendix I - 3 

Regional Haze SIP for NC Class I Areas December 17, 2007

 Jim Roller 

 NC Division Of Air Quality 

 Air Quality Analysis Branch Supervisor 

 1641 Mail Service Center 

 Raleigh, NC 27699-1641 

 919-715-6262 

jim.roller@ncmail.net
Appendix I.1 

VISTAS Final Products Outline 
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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