Western Regional Air Partnership 

2008-09 Work Plan 

June 17, 2008
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Table of Contents

 Executive Summary ............................................................................... 2 

I. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 3 

II. Background ........................................................................................................ 5 

III. 2007 Activity Summary ............................................................................ 8

 

IV. 2008-09 Project Summaries ...................................................................... 10 

 

 Stationary Sources Joint Forum .......................................................................10 

 Fire Emissions Joint Forum ............................................................................ 10 

 Emissions Forum ........................................................................................ 11 

 Dust Emissions Joint Forum ................................................................ 11 

 Mobile Source Forum ................................................................................. 12 

 Technical Analysis Forum ....................................................................12 

 Air Managers Committee .............................................................................. 14 

 Communications Committee .......................................................................... 15 
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

The Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) is working on behalf of its members to facilitate and 

assist with the completion of the regional haze implementation plans across the West during 2008-09. 

Through projects directed by WRAP Forums, Committees, and staff, regional technical analysis activities 

for haze planning were completed during 2007, as discussed in Section III of this workplan. WRAP 

region state air pollution control agencies and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are 

currently completing the specific Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) program requirements 

added by EPA to the Regional Haze Rule (RHR) in 2005. The individual sources “subject-to-BART” 

require state or EPA permits to apply retrofit controls and reduce emissions during the first planning 

period of the RHR, before 2018. With individual BART sources’ controls not complete, in mid-2007, 

WRAP completed the “2018 Preliminary Reasonable Progress” scenario, a comprehensive analysis of 

emissions, air quality modeling, and visibility projections for regional haze planning, based on adopted 

control programs and rules in effect by 2018, including a limited assessment of SO2 BART controls. 

The remaining regional emissions and modeling assessments to finalize reasonable progress goals in the 

regional haze plans for the 118 Class I areas in the WRAP region cannot be completed until BART 

emissions limits for all subject sources are determined. The implementation of the Regional Haze Rule in 

the WRAP region, through tracking and analysis of visibility monitoring and emissions data is continuing 

as the states and EPA complete BART requirements. Sources addressed under the RHR §309 program 

elements under have been underway since 2003, when the §309 plans were first submitted to EPA. These 

tracking tools and data systems have been used to update §309 SIPs for re-submittal in 2008, and have 

been expanded to support §308 regional haze plans as well. 

Deliverables 

In this 2008-09 workplan, the WRAP plans the following deliverables: 

Regional Haze Plan Completion

• Staff support to assist individual states in developing preliminary reasonable progress goals to enable haze 

plans to be submitted to EPA for review; 

• Staff and contractor support to provide individual states regional technical data and documentation to support 

their haze plans; 

• Staff support to exchange information about BART control analyses; and 

• Staff support for states, EPA, and Federal Land Managers (FLMs) through coordination of haze plan elements 

to assure completeness of individual plans and relative consistency across the WRAP region. 

Ongoing Regional Haze Rule Long-term Implementation (preparing for 2012 RHR SIP check) 

• Contractor support to maintain the WRAP Technical Support System (TSS) for haze SIP review, approval, and 

implementation tracking; 

• Contractor support to track and analyze emissions in the WRAP Emissions Data Management System (EDMS) 

and the Fire Emissions Tracking System (FETS); 

• Staff administration of contractor support to track and analyze IMPROVE regional haze monitoring data 

through the national Visibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS), on behalf of all five RPOs for 

haze plans across the nation; 

• Contractor support for the §309 SO2 Milestone Program tracking, ongoing since 2003; 

• The 2018 regional “Final Reasonable Progress” analysis scenario of emissions, air quality modeling, and 

visibility projection results will be completed when BART emissions reductions are known, through the WRAP 

Regional Modeling Center contract; and 

• Contractor analysis support to address questions from EPA as haze SIPs are submitted and reviewed. 

These deliverables are presented as projects described in Section IV of this workplan. 
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I. INTRODUCTION 

This work plan was developed by the WRAP Planning Team (Oversight Committees and Forum CoChairs) and summarizes ongoing activities and expenditures of the Western Regional Air Partnership 

(WRAP), including current projects and those planned for 2008 and 2009. This work is funded through 

existing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants and the Federal Fiscal Year 2008 (FFY08) 

grant now available from EPA. The total amount of EPA’s FFY08 funding for the WRAP’s regional haze 

work is $872,000. Of this amount, $752,000 will be awarded to WGA and $120,000 will be awarded to 

NTEC. This document will be submitted to EPA in support of WGA’s grant application. The NTEC 

workplan is a separate document that will be submitted to EPA by NTEC. 

As shown in Table 1, as of March 2008, $1,328,677 remains in WGA’s existing WRAP grant. Total 

grant monies for WRAP from EPA declined from a total of about $5,000,000 for use in 2005 and 2006 to 

a total of about $1,000,000 for use in 2007 and 2008. The FFY08 grant for use in 2009 from EPA 

continues at the level of each of the two previous years. WRAP support of the review, approval, and 

ongoing implementation of haze plans on behalf of WRAP members will cause the existing grant balance 

to continue to decline at a rapid pace, even with very careful management of the available resources. 

Table 2 lists projects remaining from the 2007-08 workplan. Table 3 identifies the current projects and 

their funding from both existing and FFY08 grant funds. 

For this work plan, NTEC and WGA staff worked together to develop the budget for the WRAP 

organization to provide funding for staff, travel support, and project management through September 

2009. Effective July 1, 2006 NTEC assumed administrative responsibility for contracts related to the 

work of the Tribal Data Work Group and for reimbursement of tribal travel and meeting expenses. 

In developing this work plan, the WRAP Planning Team recognized that the FFY08 grant funds covered 

by this work plan will be the funds NTEC and WGA receive to assist in the transition from completing 

the development of the individual regional haze plans, through their review and approval by EPA, and for 

the parallel implementation of regional haze plan commitments. The individual regional haze 

implementation plans rely upon the WRAP’s regional technical work, and the data and decision support 

systems underpinning the long-term effort to track progress and analysis additional measures to reduce 

regional haze. 

The WRAP Board of Directors adopted the WRAP 2008-12 Strategic Plan in February 2008 to address 

the implementation of the Regional Haze SIPs and one-atmosphere analysis in the West for the next 5 

years. The support needed for the completion of the foundational haze plans in 2008, review and 

approval by EPA, ongoing implementation, and tracking for 2012 haze plan updates were considered in 

this work plan. WRAP forums and committees were asked to consider projects for this workplan that are 

essential to the needs of regional haze implementation plans, focused on technical support elements that 

must be maintained after 2007. 

It is important to note that the WRAP’s planning process must accommodate a unique landscape of 

environmental, social, economic, and political issues. The WRAP region includes 118 (or 75 percent) of 

the nation’s 156 mandatory federal Class I areas, half the land mass of the United States (not including 

Alaska), a very large portion of publicly-owned lands, and numerous tribal jurisdictions (many with large 

land areas). It also emits a minority of total U.S. emissions, borders both Canada and Mexico, and 

receives pollution from Asia. Class I areas are also greatly influenced by “natural” emissions, such as 

those from wildfires and windblown dust. 

The WRAP region is also experiencing rapid population growth and other challenges to preventing 

deterioration of air quality, such as drought. This presents a unique and challenging environment for 

long-term planning which is best addressed through a single, well-funded and well-organized institution 
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at the appropriate political level. The WRAP, with appropriate financial support from EPA, provides such 

an institution, especially given its management structure shared between the Western Governors’ 

Association and the National Tribal Environmental Council. The WRAP’s long-term regional analysis 

and planning process must deal with relevant events beyond its control, such as federal initiatives and 

changes to environmental management priorities. One way the WRAP contends with these events is to 

have sufficient staffing to track the issues and to foster a constructive dialogue among its members. 

Table 1 – WRAP Financial Status Report (March 31, 2008) 

WGA 

Current 

Balance 

Current 

Budget 

Spent as of 

March 31, 2008 FFY08 Grant 

Travel Reimbursements 159,363 1,167,278 1,007,915 

Conference Calls 19,391 166,782 147,391 

Meeting Expenses 75,712 423,918 348,206 

Direct Salaries and Benefits 263,262 2,117,484 1,854,222 

Overhead & Other Expenses 143,797 1,242,977 1,099,180 

Subtotal 661,525 5,118,439 4,456,914 150,000 

Contractor Assistance - Projects 667,153 13,988,467 13,321,315 602,000 

Total 1,328,677 19,106,906 17,778,229 752,000 

Table 2: Remaining Projects for 2008 left from 2007-08 workplan (March 31, 2008)

AIR MANAGERS COMMITTEE 

Technical Support during SIP Review and Approval Process 128,413 

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS FORUM 

TSS and Fire Tracking – 2008 70,575 

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE 

Web Site Maintenance 25,000 

Subtotal for Pending Projects 223,988 

Table 3: Projects for 2008 and 2009

EPA Grants Already Awarded 

Project 

Remainder as 

of March 31, 

2008 

Funds from 

Remaining 

Projects 

(Table 2) 

FFY08 

Grant 

For 2009 

Total 

Funds 

through 

2009 

STATIONARY SOURCES 

No contractor projects requiring funding 

FIRE 

Update to Fire EIs for modeling and analysis to support haze plan 

implementation ($28,413 from AMC “Technical Support during SIP 

Review and Approval Process” line in Table 2) 

28,413 17,000 45,413 

EMISSIONS 

2008-09 EDMS Hosting / Operation (ARS) 82,490 75,000 157,490 

Mobile EI update to new base years to support haze plan review 67,000 67,000 

DUST 

No contractor projects requiring funding 
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MOBILE SOURCES 

Non-Road Demonstration Projects – (Emissions Advantage) 13,414 13,414 

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 

TAF1 - Technical Support System management/training/tools 

(ARS/ENVIRON) - ($50,000 from TAF “TSS and Fire Tracking – 2008“ 

line in Table 2)

8,037 50,000 75,000 133,037 

TAF2 – Technical Support System (TSS) plus Fire Emissions Tracking 

System (FETS) operations (CIRA/Air Sciences) - ($20,575 from TAF “TSS 

and Fire Tracking – 2008“ line in Table 2)

156,832 20,575 55,000 232,407 

TAF 3 - RMC Modeling Support for 308 and 309 SIPs 

(UCR/ENVIRON/CEP) 106,152 152,000 258,152 

Visibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS) - ongoing national 

regional haze monitoring and data analysis project (CIRA) – (5 RPOs 

contribute $30,000 each, administered by WRAP)

150,000 150,000 

AIR MANAGERS COMMITTEE 

AMC1 - Technical Support during SIP Review and Approval Process -- 

($100,000 from AMC “Technical Support during SIP Review and Approval 

Process” line in Table 2)

100,000 100,000 

AMC2 - 309 Milestone Reports (Perrin Quarles) CY07 & 08 8,493 8,000 16,493 

AMC3 - State Caucus Staff Support (WESTAR – Don Arkell through 

2008) 58,562 58,562 

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE 

Web Site Maintenance (B. Bissey) 9,185 25,000 3,000 37,185 

Subtotal for 2008 and 2009 Projects – WGA 443,165 223,988 602,000 1,269,153 

II. Background

The 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act established the GCVTC, which in June 1996 completed its 

original mission to recommend strategies for improving visibility in the Grand Canyon and other Class I 

areas on the Colorado Plateau. Recognizing the need for a process to monitor and coordinate the 

implementation of its final recommendations, the GCVTC members created the WRAP. The WRAP 

includes participants from industry, environmental groups, and other affected parties and operates in 

conjunction with regional organizations such as WESTAR, the Western Governors' Association, and the 

National Tribal Environmental Council. The work products of the WRAP are used by states and tribes in 

the preparation and ongoing tracking of their individual implementation plans to meet the requirements of 

the federal regional haze rule promulgated by the EPA in 1999. 

While the initial focus of the WRAP was to implement the recommendations of the GCVTC in 

conjunction with federal visibility rules, the requirements of these rules also highlighted the need to 

implement other regional planning processes to improve visibility in all western Class I areas. In March 

1999, the WRAP expanded its charter to address all regional air quality issues. With the Board’s adoption 

of the 2008-12 Strategic Plan, WRAP will address implementation of the regional haze plans. 

A. Tribal Options for Implementation Plan Development 

Under the regulatory framework provided by the Tribal Authority Rule (TAR) (40 CFR 49.1– 49.11) and 

the regional haze rule, tribal implementation of visibility programs through Tribal Implementation Plans 

(TIPs) is optional. The TAR authorizes but does not require tribes to receive delegation of authority to 

implement any program, or “reasonably severable elements” of a program, under the Clean Air Act. The 

preamble to the regional haze rule explains that “a tribal visibility program is not dependent on strategies 
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selected by the State or States in which the tribe is located.” (64 Fed. Reg. 35714, 35756, July 1, 1999). 

The net result is that any tribe in the GCVTC transport region may implement §308 or §309 in whole or 

in part. 

The policy and technical work of the WRAP to assist states is designed to simultaneously assist tribes in 

the same way. Tribal concerns are being addressed at every level within the WRAP. Tribal and state 

implementation plan needs may be different. As these differences are identified, project tasks and work 

plans are updated to reflect the improved understanding of tribal needs. 

To ensure that tribal needs are addressed, the active participation of tribal representatives on all forums 

has been and will continue to be sought and encouraged. The National Tribal Environmental Council 

(NTEC) is responsible for coordinating tribal participation in the WRAP and receives funds from EPA for 

this purpose. Since some tribes do not have the resources or expertise to participate in the WRAP, NTEC 

provides tribes with analyses and synopses of issues emanating from the WRAP forums and work groups 

and from sources outside the WRAP. NTEC also facilitates consensus building within the WRAP tribal 

caucus. The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) at Northern Arizona University also 

provides assistance and staff through the Tribal Data Development Working Group to address a key tribal 

need – the acquisition of data necessary to make informed policy decisions. 

Finally, it should be noted that the WRAP organizational structure provides several checkpoints for tribal 

input. First and foremost, the WRAP has established equal representation for tribes and states within its 

management structure, including a tribal Co-Chair of the WRAP. Key positions are also reserved for 

tribal representatives on all standing committees, forums, and work groups. Public workshops for WRAP 

work products and travel support from the WRAP ensure that the broader tribal community has an 

opportunity to participate in the WRAP process. 

B. WRAP Organization and Structure 

In September 1997 the WRAP was formed with a membership including states and tribes both within and 

outside the GCVTC region. The WRAP established oversight committees and forums charged with 

developing work plans to implement the GCVTC recommendations and to facilitate development of 

implementation plans under the RHR. 

1. Membership 

The WRAP membership currently includes the Governor or his/her designee from 14 states and 12 tribes, 

two U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and the Administrator of the EPA or their designees: 

States Tribes Federal Agencies

Alaska Campo Band of Kumeyaay Indians Department of the Interior 

Arizona Cortina Indian Rancheria Department of Agriculture 

California Hopi Tribe EPA 

Colorado Hualapai Nation of the Grand Canyon 

Hawaii Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort Hall 

Idaho Native Village of Ouzinkie 

Montana Nez Perce Tribe 

New Mexico Northern Cheyenne Tribe 
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North Dakota Pueblo of Acoma 

Oregon Pueblo of San Felipe 

South Dakota Confederated Tribes of Salish and Kootenai

Utah Pueblo of Zuni 

Washington 

Wyoming 

2. Charter and Bylaws 

The WRAP Charter and Bylaws set forth the organizations goals, principles, and operating procedures 

and are posted on the WRAP website at http://www.wrapair.org/about/index.html. 

3. WRAP Organization 

The WRAP is composed of several forums, committees, and work groups. All these groups include 

participation from the WRAP membership (states, tribes, and federal agencies) and interested 

stakeholders (industry, environmental groups, local governments, academia, etc.). 

Committee and forum members are expected to represent and communicate with their agencies and 

constituents. Forum and committee members are responsible for establishing mechanisms that will 

ensure this communication occurs. These mechanisms may involve working through trade groups, state 

and tribal organizations such as the Western States Air Resource Council (WESTAR Council), the 

National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC), and intra- and inter-agency forums. 

C. Project Management 

Members of committees and forums perform much of the work of the WRAP. The oversight committees 

monitor forum and work group activities to ensure that work products are developed in a timely manner 

and that stakeholder participation remains representative, balanced, and fair. Contractors hired with EPA 

grant funds are relied upon to expand the resources of the WRAP. Committees and forums direct the 

work of contractors. 

Support services to the WRAP come from the National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC) and the 

Western Governors’ Association (WGA). The Communications Committee has developed a 

Communications Manual for the WRAP’s internal and external communications and assists committees 

and forums with outreach strategies for specific products and activities. 

WGA and NTEC staff provide overall project management for the WRAP, including preparing and 

managing grant applications, funds, requests for proposals (RFPs), contracts, travel reimbursements, 

meetings, conference calls, public and media inquiries, press releases, Web sites, requests to participate in 

the WRAP, and report publications. Staff assistance includes providing a “sounding board” for 

stakeholders having concerns with the WRAP processes and relating concerns to forum co-chairs, 

oversight committees, committee co-chairs, facilitators, and the WRAP co-chairs. 

WGA and NTEC staff routinely attends the meetings of the various committees and forums. WGA and 

NTEC jointly or separately perform tasks related to WRAP and serve as primary contact points by 

responding to media and public inquiries. 

Under a separate EPA grant, NTEC assists tribal participation in the WRAP by arranging and facilitating 

Tribal Caucus meetings; providing coordination among tribal representatives of various committees and 
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forums; performing legal, policy and technical analyses on various WRAP issues; and securing contractor 

assistance for additional policy and technical analysis. This includes providing staff support to the Tribal 

Caucus within the WRAP. 

Staff positions include the WRAP Co-Directors (WGA and NTEC) who oversee other staff, share general 

management responsibilities, work with stakeholders to ensure the WRAP's processes are fair an 

equitable, and serve as the primary points of contact for EPA, the media, and the general public. There 

are state and tribal caucus coordinators hired with WRAP funds through WESTAR and NTEC, 

respectively. 

WGA also employs an air quality program manager and an air quality project manager to support the 

oversight committees, forums, and work groups. NTEC employs a policy analyst to address the unique 

circumstances of tribes with respect to the Clean Air Act and other related issues. 

D. Contract Management 

WRAP staff at NTEC and WGA work with the forums to manage WRAP contracts. WGA and NTEC, as 

the recipients of EPA grants, are responsible for executing and administering contracts and ensuring that 

work products are completed. These responsibilities are met with input from forums and work groups. 

Forums and work groups may create balanced subgroups for purposes of contract management. 

It is the responsibility of the forums and work groups and their respective oversight committees to 

develop the scope of work for each contract. All contracts are to be developed in accordance with the 

work plans approved by the WRAP and submitted to EPA. Once the scope of work has been properly 

developed, it is transmitted to WGA or NTEC who are responsible for developing an RFP or sole source 

justification. All RFPs are sent to known contractors, posted on the WRAP Web site, and published in the 

Federal Business Opportunities publication as appropriate. Bidders are provided 30 days to respond. 

III. CALENDAR YEAR 2007 WRAP ACTIVITIES SUMMARY 

Significant technical analysis and planning support for the preparation of individual regional haze SIPs 

was accomplished during 2007. Training on WRAP web-based data and decision support systems was 

completed, and dissemination of regional analysis results for haze planning were completed, as 

summarized in the list below. The Technical Oversight Committee reviewed and approved the 

consolidation of the Modeling Forum, the Ambient Monitoring & Reporting Forum, and the Attribution 

of Haze Workgroup into the Technical Analysis Forum. The TAF is responsible for modeling, 

monitoring, and data analysis activities, as well as the operations and functions of the WRAP web-based 

data and decision support systems for long-term regional haze plan implementation – the Technical 

Support System (TSS), the Fire Emissions Tracking System (FETS), and the WRAP portion of the 

national Visibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS). 

The Dust Emissions Joint Forum, the Fire Emissions Joint Forum, and the Stationary Sources Joint Forum 

have completed their projects. These Forums are currently in a dormant mode, with some exceptions as 

noted next. The FEJF initiated the FETS project, which will be managed by the TAF with periodic 

review by the FEJF. States and EPA are completing BART analyses and permits, the remaining activity 

to complete the regional haze plans – the SSJF is not actively involved in this process. WRAP staff are 

actively tracking the progress in preparing the regional haze SIPs and completing BART. The SSJF’s Oil 

and Gas Workgroup will be tracking, reviewing and commenting on the Independent Petroleum 

Association of the Mountain States’ effort to collaborate with the WRAP to develop the Phase III oil and 

gas emissions inventory during 2008-09. 
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January – March 

3⁄4 2018 Preliminary Reasonable Progress (PRP18) emissions inventory updates developed with state-bystate review (http://www.wrapair.org/forums/ssjf/pivot.html) 

3⁄4 Fire Emissions Tracking System (FETS) project started (http://www.wrapfets.org/) 

3⁄4 Technical Support System (TSS) updates (http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/tss/) 

3⁄4 Emissions Data Management System (EDMS) Critical Functionality Report 

(http://www.wrapair.org/forums/ef/EDMSop/EDMS_CritFuncReportFinal.pdf) 

3⁄4 State BART Workgroup started 

January 23-24 - Tribal Data Development Work Group Meeting

February 6-7 - Technical Analysis Forum Meeting

February 22-23 - Fire Emissions Joint Forum Meeting

March 6 - WRAP Tribal Caucus Meeting

March 7-8 - WRAP Board meeting

April – June 

3⁄4 PRP18 regional modeling analysis completed and reported at June TSS workshop – estimates 

visibility improvement from §308 SO2 BART, §309 SO2 Milestone Program and all other controls 

“on-the-books” for regional haze planning (http://www.wrapair.org/forums/ssjf/pivot.html) 

3⁄4 Final 2002 Planning emissions inventory (Plan02d) developed with state-by-state review 

(http://www.wrapair.org/forums/ssjf/pivot.html) 

3⁄4 CalPuff “Subject-to-BART” modeling completed for sources in 7 WRAP region state by RMC 

(http://pah.cert.ucr.edu/aqm/308/bart.shtml) 

3⁄4 FETS alpha version on-line – training at TSS workshop (http://www.wrapfets.org/) 

3⁄4 Technical Support System (TSS) updates and roll-out workshop/training 

(http://www.wrapair.org/forums/toc/meetings/070619-TSS/index.html) 

April 16-17 - Tribal Data Development Working Group Meeting

April 17-18 - Implementation WG Meeting

May 22-23 - Technical Analysis Forum Meeting

June 7 - Mobile Sources Forum - Workshop for Developing And Implementing A State Funded Retrofit 

Program

June 19 - TEISS Training

June 19-20 - TSS Orientation & Review Workshop

July – September 

3⁄4 Final 2002 Planning (Plan02d) regional modeling analysis completed and reported on TSS 

(http://www.wrapair.org/forums/ssjf/pivot.html and http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/tss/) 

3⁄4 FETS operational & on-line – training at FEJF meeting (http://www.wrapfets.org/) 

3⁄4 Technical Support System (TSS) updates (http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/tss/) 

3⁄4 Comprehensive review and discussion of emissions inventories at September workshop 

(http://www.wrapair.org/forums/toc/meetings/070925m/index.html) 

3⁄4 Begin state-by-state assistance to set preliminary Reasonable Progress Goals for individual Class I 

areas 

July 17-18 - Tribal Data Development Work Group Meeting

August 28 - Tribal Caucus Meeting

August 28-29 - Air Managers Committee Meeting

August 29-30 - Implementation Workgroup Meeting
September 25-26 - Regional Haze Emissions Inventories – Lessons Learned Meeting

September 26-27 Fire Emissions Joint Forum Meeting 

October – December 

3⁄4 Final TSS updates completed for preliminary regional haze planning until BART completed by all 

states/EPA (http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/tss/) 

3⁄4 Continue state-by-state assistance to set preliminary Reasonable Progress Goals for individual Class I 

areas 

3⁄4 Develop workplan for 2008 IPAMS-WRAP Phase III Oil & Gas emissions inventory project 

(http://www.wrapair.org/forums/ssjf/documents/eictts/oilgas.html) 

October 11-12 - Technical Analysis Forum Meeting

IV. 2008-09 PROJECT SUMMARIES 

Stationary Sources Joint Forum

The Stationary Sources Joint Forum (SSJF) has been in a dormant status through 2007 and 2008, as states 

and EPA complete their BART control determinations. WRAP staff have prepared and updated a BART 

Tracking spreadsheet, and hosted conference calls of regulatory agencies developing BART controls. 

The Oil and Gas Workgroup of the SSJF will be active during 2008-09, to provide oversight, review and 

comment on the Phase III emissions inventory project sponsored by the Independent Petroleum

Association of the Mountain States (IPAMS). 

For the 2008-09 timeframe, no additional SSJF projects are identified in this plan. 

Fire Emissions Joint Forum

The Fire Emissions Joint Forum (FEJF) has completed their projects as outlined in their previous 

workplans. Key products include fire emissions inventories for regional haze planning classified into 

natural and anthropogenic fire sources, regional coordination guidance to implement the Enhanced Smoke 

Management Program policy, and a summary of their work completed between 1997 and 2007. The 

FEJF brought the Fire Emissions Tracking System for the WRAP region (http://www.wrapfets.org/) online in September 2007 and data providers continue to be added. The FETS is designed to be the data 

support system for tracking fire for regional haze progress, and will be the primary source of future fire 

inventories. The FEJF continues to meet periodically by conference call.

With the FETS in place and accumulating data, there is a need to periodically analyze and refine those 

data for visibility and air quality impact, emissions, and modeling analyses. This project would apply 

additional quality assurance and evaluation techniques to the reported FETS data. 

EPA Grants Already Awarded 

Project 

Remainder as

of March 31, 

2008 

Funds from 

Remaining 

Projects

(Table 2) 

FFY08 

Grant

For 2009 

Total 

Funds 

through 

2009 

FIRE 

Update to Fire EIs for modeling and analysis to support haze plan

implementation ($28,413 from AMC “Technical Support during SIP 

Review and Approval Process” line in Table 2) 

28,413 17,000 45,413

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Emissions Forum

The Emissions Forum (EF) intends to focus on its efforts on two projects during the 2008-09 timeframe. 

The ongoing maintenance and operation of the Emissions Database Management System (EDMS) will 

continue through 2009. The EDMS is currently acquiring updated data from state and tribal agencies, and 

several functions have been improved in response to previously identified deficiencies. The EDMS is a 

data support system integral to completion, review, approval, and ongoing implementation of regional 

haze plans. The EDMS is used to track emissions reduction obligations identified in the plans (including 

BART), assess the effectiveness of control strategies, house updates to existing inventories, address new 

inventory needs for pollutants of regional concern, and track trends. 

The operation and maintenance budget includes the annual cost for a contracted database administrator to 

operate the EDMS, provide data analysis products, user assistance, quality assure new data, update 

database versions, resolve data overlaps between state and tribal data, and prepare standard reports. In 

addition, a host site is employed to provide the necessary hardware, including servers, and to ensure data 

security and archiving. The current contract was competitively awarded to a new firm beginning 

November 2006 and included a significant effort to assess the status of the EDMS with a Critical 

Functionality Report in addition to routine operation and maintenance. The cost for O&M is averaging 

about $75,000 per year, based on the last 18 months. With EPA developing a new improved National 

Emissions Inventory format to be implemented for 2008 data, the EF will also consider what functions to 

retain in the EDMS. 

The EF led the development of regionally consistent and comparable mobile source emissions inventories 

in 2005-06 for regional haze planning. Those inventories need to be updated for regional haze progress 

tracking and be complete with respect to ozone analysis and planning. The funding of $67,000 for this 

project is to address mobile sources for regional haze update purposes. 

EPA Grants Already Awarded 

Project 

Remainder as

of March 31, 

2008 

Funds from 

Remaining 

Projects

(Table 2) 

FFY08 

Grant

For 2009 

Total 

Funds 

through 

2009 

EMISSIONS

2008-09 EDMS Hosting / Operation (ARS) 82,490 75,000 157,490

Mobile EI update to new base years to support haze plan review 67,000 67,000

Dust Emissions Joint Forum

The Dust Emissions Joint Forum (DEJF) has completed several projects in late 2006 and early 2007, 

including: completion and evaluation of a regional windblown dust inventory, analysis of ambient dust 

data at Class I areas and its attribution to various sources, quality assurance of dust emissions data 

provided by jurisdictions across the WRAP region, experimentally-based improvements to PM2.5

emission factors for fugitive dust, completion and revisions to the WRAP Fugitive Dust Handbook, 

development and demonstration of a definition of natural and anthropogenic dust, and development of a 

template for the dust portion of a regional haze SIP using Salt Creek Class I area in New Mexico as a test

case. With the completion of those projects, the DEJF has been in a dormant status through 2007-08. 

For the 2008-09 timeframe, no additional DEJF projects are identified in this plan. 

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Mobile Sources Forum

For the past two years the Mobile Sources Forum (MSF) has used its funds to promote diesel retrofits 

through workshops and “boot camps” to share information and assist agencies in the WRAP region with 

development of retrofit programs. MSF products have included written guidance on diesel retrofits, 

technology updates, summaries and updates of available funding sources, ad hoc support to WRAP 

members for individual projects and grant proposals, and the series of workshops and boot camps 

intended to spur the development and enhancement of diesel retrofit projects and programs. 

The MSF will use the remaining resources in their Demonstration Projects contract and work with 

agencies and organizations to share this funding to hold one or two additional workshops. The MSF will 

continue to convene on a regular basis to share information on diesel retrofit projects, trends, and 

opportunities. 

For the 2008-09 timeframe, no additional MSF projects are identified in this plan. 

EPA Grants Already Awarded 

Project 

Remainder as

of March 31, 

2008 

Funds from 

Remaining 

Projects

(Table 2) 

FFY08 

Grant

For 2009 

Total 

Funds 

through 

2009 

MOBILE SOURCES 

Non-Road Demonstration Projects – (Emissions Advantage) 13,414 13,414 

Air Quality Modeling Forum

The Modeling Forum membership, project activities, and project web pages were consolidated into the 

Technical Analysis Forum in early 2007, and the Modeling Forum moved into archive status as of 

December 2006. 

Ambient Monitoring and Reporting Forum

A duplicate copy of the Causes of Haze Assessment project website, its data, and the results from this 

project were transferred to the TSS website during 2007. 

The AMRF membership and project web pages were consolidated into the Technical Analysis Forum in 

early 2007, and the AMRF moved into archive status as of December 2006. 

Attribution of Haze Workgroup

The AoH Workgroup membership, project activities, and project web pages were consolidated into the 

Technical Analysis Forum in early 2007, and the AoH Workgroup moved into archive status as of 

December 2006. 

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The Technical Analysis Forum (TAF) was created by the Technical Oversight Committee in late 2006. 

The TAF has the responsibility to address the topics and projects formerly distributed across the Air 

Quality Modeling Forum, the Ambient Monitoring and Reporting Forum, and the Attribution of Haze 

Workgroup. Broadly speaking, the TAF manages the activities associated with monitoring, data analysis, 
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regional modeling, and the associated data delivery. The TAF provides oversight of WRAP staff 

management of projects, including the Regional Modeling Center (RMC), the FETS as mentioned in the 

Fire Emissions Joint Forum section of this workplan, the Visibility Information Exchange Web System 

(VIEWS), and the Technical Support System (TSS). These technical data and decision support web 

systems provide the regional analysis and implementation basis of the regional haze plans. As such, the 

TAF has an extensive membership list, including technical experts in monitoring, analysis, and modeling, 

and equally important, the regional haze air quality planners from WRAP member agencies. 

The TSS is the decision support system for regional haze planning and implementation across the WRAP 

region. It is fully integrated with the VIEWS and FETS data support systems, and presents emissions and 

air quality modeling data and results from the RMC. The VIEWS/TSS/FETS project is managed using 

two separate, parallel contracts described in TAF1 and TAF2. The WRAP staff manages the firms 

involved in these two contracts as a unified team and coordinates activities to prevent duplication of 

effort. The team is a highly-qualified group with complementary skills. EPA OAQPS has recognized and 

endorsed the integrated nature and content of this WRAP project as a good way to manage and deliver 

regional information for a wide variety of users. The quality and completeness of the existing systems 

combined with the expertise of the project team offers the WRAP membership opportunities to leverage 

existing and future EPA funding with funding from other sources to extend the current projects. 

TAF1 – The management, training, tool development, and data analysis work for this portion of the 

project are the primary activities handled under this contract. These members of the overall project team 

bring their experience from the RMC team, WRAP regional emissions inventory development projects, 

and the 2004-06 Attribution of Haze project. The funding for this contract is awarded on an as-needed 

basis with oversight and direction from the TAF. Resources for this contract are critical to assist states 

and EPA with the review, approval, and ongoing implementation of the haze plans. 

TAF2 – Operations, maintenance, and relational database development for FETS and TSS for this portion 

of the project are the primary activities handled under this contract. These members of the overall project 

team bring their experience with the effort to develop the national VIEWS data system for all 5 Regional 

Planning Organizations (RPOs) and the extensive ground-breaking fire emissions work of the FEJF. The 

funding for this contract is a steady state effort to maintain the information technology and web experts 

behind these data and decision support systems. Due to staffing changes in 2007, this contract has a 

balance that is projected to help cover expenses into 2009. Resources for this contract are to maintain and 

update these systems for the review, approval, and ongoing implementation of the haze plans. 

TAF3 – The operation and modeling analysis work of the Regional Modeling Center (RMC) are the 

activities covered in this project. The RMC is completing seven years of regional modeling development 

and analysis work for WRAP members. A limited scope effort for 2008-09 is planned. A final regional 

haze reasonable progress regional modeling analysis is planned, when BART-controlled emission rates 

across the WRAP region are permitted and published in late 2008 and early 2009. The TAF approved the 

current RMC scope of work on their December 17, 2007 call. The RMC workplan for 2009 will be 

developed during 2008, and is expected to include additional sensitivity and source apportionment 

analyses to support review and approval of the haze plans, as well as to identify sources to assess in the 

2012 haze SIP checks. 

VIEWS project - WRAP and the other four RPOs are each contributing $30,000, specifically for VIEWS 

operations in 2009. WRAP’s portion is included in the budget, and WRAP staff will manage that work 

on behalf of the other RPOs. The VIEWS project utilizes contractor support to track and analyze 

IMPROVE regional haze monitoring data on behalf of all five RPOs for haze plans across the nation.
EPA Grants Already Awarded 

Project 

Remainder as

of March 31, 

2008 

Funds from 

Remaining 

Projects

(Table 2) 

FFY08 

Grant

For 2009 

Total 

Funds 

through 

2009 

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

TAF1 - Technical Support System management/training/tools 

(ARS/ENVIRON) - ($50,000 from TAF “TSS and Fire Tracking – 2008“ 

line in Table 2)

8,037 50,000 75,000 133,037

TAF2 – Technical Support System (TSS) plus Fire Emissions Tracking 

System (FETS) operations (CIRA/Air Sciences) - ($20,575 from TAF “TSS 

and Fire Tracking – 2008“ line in Table 2)

156,832 20,575 55,000 232,407

TAF 3 - RMC Modeling Support for 308 and 309 SIPs 

(UCR/ENVIRON/CEP) 106,152 152,000 258,152

Visibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS) - ongoing national 

regional haze monitoring and data analysis project (CIRA) – (5 RPOs 

contribute $30,000 each, administered by WRAP)

150,000 150,000

Air Managers Committee

The Air Managers’ Committee provides project review and tracking from the perspective of state and 

tribal air managers with primary responsibility for the development and tracking of regional haze plans. 

The AMC is the air quality planning and policy lead for the WRAP organization. The state and tribal 

caucus coordinators at WESTAR and NTEC will continue to staff and assist the committee. Three funded 

projects are planned by the AMC. 

AMC1 - Technical support during review and approval of the regional haze plans is needed. The exact 

scope of this work is not yet determined, but EPA will have questions that emerge during their review of

the plans, best answered with WRAP analyses. This project will include analysis and preparation of the 

final 2018 reasonable progress emissions inventory for regional modeling to include BART-controlled 

point sources, assistance with clarifications and additional analyses related to the 2018 reasonable

progress goals established for the 118 Class I areas in the WRAP region, as well as other analyses related 

to specific emissions inventory questions. Resources in other projects of WRAP Forums will also be 

leveraged as needed to address EPA questions. 

AMC2 – The four §309 states (AZ, NM, UT, WY) have been tracking and verifying emissions for 

sources in the SO2 Milestone Program since their SIPs were originally submitted in December 2003. 

Reports have been completed for 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, as well as a SO2 Milestone Tracking 

Process Audit report. This project budget covers preparation of the SO2 Milestone Reports for calendar 

years 2007 and 2008. 

AMC3 - Staff support for the State and Tribal Caucuses is provided by the State and Tribal Caucus 

Coordinators. These staff members assist the tribal and state air directors with continual tracking and 

reporting of WRAP activities, issue identification and communication among the WRAP partners,

recruitment of WRAP participants from states and tribes, and facilitation of issue resolution. The State 

Caucus Coordinator position is filled through a contract between WGA and WESTAR. The Tribal 

Caucus Coordinator is funded through the NTEC budget. Resources for the State Caucus Coordinator are 

sufficient to last through 2008 and no funding is yet identified for 2009 and beyond.

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EPA Grants Already Awarded 

Project 

Remainder as

of March 31, 

2008 

Funds from 

Remaining 

Projects

(Table 2) 

FFY08 

Grant

For 2009 

Total 

Funds 

through 

2009 

AIR MANAGERS COMMITTEE 

AMC1 - Technical Support during SIP Review and Approval Process -- 

($100,000 from AMC “Technical Support during SIP Review and Approval 

Process” line in Table 2)

100,000 100,000

AMC2 - 309 Milestone Reports (Perrin Quarles) CY07 & 08 8,493 8,000 16,493

AMC3 - State Caucus Staff Support (WESTAR – Don Arkell through 

2008) 58,562 58,562

In addition to the three line items in the AMC budget discussed above, the AMC directs the work of the 

Implementation Work Group (IWG). The IWG is the principle group preparing and coordinating the 

development of the regional haze plans, for §308, §309, and §309(g). In addition, the IWG maintains 

ongoing communication with the other forums and oversight committees as needed, prompting timely 

information from states and tribes, and in turn providing feedback to the forums to ensure they are 

focused on the critical planning questions. 

Communications Committee

Web Site Maintenance 

The WRAP’s website is one of its primary communications tools. The budgeted funds will be used by 

WRAP staff to continue the contract with the WRAP’s webmaster through 2009. 

EPA Grants Already Awarded 

Project 

Remainder as

of March 31, 

2008 

Funds from 

Remaining 

Projects

(Table 2) 

FFY08 

Grant

For 2009 

Total 

Funds 

through 

2009 

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE 

Web Site Maintenance (B. Bissey) 9,185 25,000 3,000 37,185

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