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# Appendix I Data Access

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### Introduction

The Visibility Improvement State and Tribal A ssociation 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 presenta tions, 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 Execu tive 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 VIST AS archives. Appendix I.1 contains the most recent draft version of the VISTAS Final Products Outline.

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# Appendix I.1 VISTAS Final Products Outline

Promoting a healthy environment.[This page intentionally left blank.]VISTAS Final Products Draft Outline September 13, 2007

I. VISTAS Summary Materials

a. VISTAS Summary Report for FLM Consultation Meeting Jun 12-13, 2007 b. VISTAS Summary Presentation http://www.vistas-sesarm.or g/documents/FinalDocs.asp

c. Summary Presentations for each Class I Area http://www.vistas-sesarm.or g/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 e quation: 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 relate d 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 tem poral and spatial variability ii. High volume carbon sampling and anal ysis (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)a. Inventory Data Summary: VISTAS St ates: point, area, on road mobile, non road mobile, annual average, orga nized at county and ___ [SCC/SIPS] tier level i. 2002 actual ii. 2002 typical iii. 2009 iv. 2018

b. Inventory Data Summary: 2008 NKY (i ncluding 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 (dra ft 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 Emissi ons 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

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. GOES-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/res earch/vistas/products.htm i. International Emissions

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 Protoc ol 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 DeterminationsVIII. Final LTS and RP Goals

IX. SIP Documentation

X. VISTAS Background, workgroups, presentations http://www.vistas-sesarm.org