Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0090-0356
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-07-20T04:00Z

Early
Action
Compact
Technical
Advisory
Committee
and
Public
Meeting
Tuesday,
March
16,
2004
­
10:
00
AM
Two
West
Second
Street
2nd
Floor
Williams
Tower
2
Downtown
Tulsa
An
Oklahoma
Early
Action
Compact
Technical
Advisory
and
Public
Meeting
was
held
at
10:
00
am
on
March
16,
2004
at
the
Tulsa
Metro
Chamber
Conference
Room
in
the
Williams
Tower
2
in
Tulsa,
Oklahoma.

Present
for
the
meeting:

Technical
Advisory
Committee
Members:
Leon
Ashford,
DEQ
David
Branecky,
OG&
E
Energy,
Alternate
Nancy
Graham,
INCOG,
Primary
Bud
Ground,
AEP
Gaylon
Pinc,
INCOG,
Alternate
Doug
Rex,
ACOG
Roger
Saunders,
ODOT
Erik
Snider,
EPA
Region
6
Glenn
Travis,
Sunoco,
Alternate
Public:
Isaac
Akem,
FAWA
Tim
Armer,
INCOG
Marla
Benyshek,
Conoco
Angie
Burkhalter,
OIPA
Bill
Cartwright,
Tulsa
Transit
Sarah
Frey,
Tulsa
Chamber
of
Commerce
Perry
Friedrich,
GRDA
Ben
Henneke,
Clean
Air
Action
Corporation
Jerry
Lasker,
INCOG
Ralph
Morris,
ENVIRON
Don
Puch,
American
Airlines
Viplav
Putta,
INCOG
Ron
Sober,
RFS
Consulting
Cynthia
Staals,
Tulsa
Transit
DEQ
Staff:

Eddie
Terrill
Scott
Thomas
Beverly
Botchlet­
Smith
Leon
Ashford
Julia
McWhirter
Sign­
in
sheet
is
attached.

Meeting
Summary
Beverly
Botchlet­
Smith,
DEQ,
welcomed
everyone
to
the
meeting
and
stated
that
the
purpose
of
this
meeting
was
to
see
and
hear
the
latest
information
from
ENVIRON.
She
asked
that
individuals
identify
themselves
when
asking
questions.
She
introduced
the
first
person
on
the
agenda,
Ralph
Morris
from
ENVIRON,
our
modeling
contractor.

Presentation:

Ralph
Morris,
ENVIRON,
gave
a
report
of
Modeling
Activities/
Strategy
Scenarios,
and
provided
handouts
of
the
modeling
results
table
showing
projected
2007
8­
hour
ozone
Design
Values
for
various
2007
emission
scenarios,
using
the
observed
1998­
2000
8­
hour
ozone
Design
Values.

Ralph
stated
this
meeting
would
be
used
to
determine
the
status
of
the
Oklahoma
Early
Action
modeling
and
what
the
modeling
tells
us
in
terms
of
attainment
 
following
EPA
guidance.
The
main
goal
is
to
determine
exact
writing
assignments
for
the
contractor,
DEQ,
and
the
COGs
to
ensure
the
Clean
Air
Action
Plan
(
CAAP),
and
Weight
of
Evidence
(
WOE)
Attainment
Demonstration
is
completed
and
submitted
to
EPA
by
the
March
31
deadline.

Ralph
also
presented
a
part
of
the
Colorado
and
New
Mexico
EAC
Modeling
Analysis,
and
results
of
the
University
of
California
at
Irvine
oil
and
gas
emission
sensitivity
tests.
There
were
questions/
discussion
from
the
TAC
and
the
public.

The
ENVIRON
presentations
are
on
the
DEQ
website
Federal
Perspective
Erik
Snider,
EPA,
talked
with
the
group
and
fielded
questions
concerning
the
Federal
Perspective.
He
stated
they
are
trying
to
get
Phase
I
of
the
8­
hour
Implementation
Plan
out
by
4/
15/
04.
Modeling
guidance
will
be
after
the
15th,
a
part
of
the
Phase
II
Implementation
Package.
8­
hour
modeling
guidance
will
be
finalized
at
that
point.
At
this
time,
changes
do
not
appear
to
make
a
direct
difference
as
far
as
the
Oklahoma
City­
Tulsa
planning.

Erik
also
gave
a
perspective
on
EACs
in
other
areas,
what
they
were
doing.
All
are
in
pretty
much
the
same
timeframe
as
Oklahoma.
He
shared
where
other
Regions
were
in
their
EAC
modeling.
Nancy
Graham
asked
if
other
areas
were
meeting
standards
as
we
are
for
future
years
(
except
2007).
Eric
answered
that
no
other
area
compares
with
Oklahoma
as
far
as
their
monitoring
showing
attainment
but
their
modeling
coming
out
above.
Questions/
discussion
followed.

State
Perspective
Scott
Thomas
stated
that
Oklahoma
City
and
Tulsa
are
in
attainment,
and
that
by
working
together
we
can
meet
all
the
goals
to
remain
so.
DEQ
plans
to
make
a
submittal
in
March
and
go
forward
from
there.

Next
Steps
Scott
Thomas
stated
that
the
next
steps
will
be
to
get
together
both
with
the
COGS
and
with
Ralph
to
formulate
the
Clean
Air
Action
Plan.
A
brief
outline
of
what
it
will
include
is
as
follows:

 
A
brief
description
of
entire
process
 
Formation
of
the
committee.
 
Background
of
the
EACs
and
further
identification
of
where
we
are
in
the
state
as
to
the
standard
throughout
the
state.
 
Executive
summary
of
modeling
results,
which
have
come
out
of
the
modeling
analyses.
 
Control
strategies
recommended
by
the
local
areas,
as
well
as
a
description
and
commitment
to
the
voluntary
plans
­
includes
ozone
alert,
clean
cities,
everything
we
have.
 
Detailed
description
of
the
transportation
control
plan
­
COGs
will
be
asked
to
help
with
this.
 
The
last
part
of
the
plan
will
be
the
description
of
our
commitment,
and
discussion
of
our
Weight
of
Evidence,
which
is
an
ongoing
thing,
something
we
will
keep
working
on
throughout
the
summer
months.

Erik
Snider
suggested
that
we
add
local
control
measures
to
this.

Recommendations
Nancy
Graham
requested
an
additional
episode
for
Tulsa.
A
discussion
ensued
concerning
this
recommendation.
Eddie
Terrill
explained
that
there
was
no
more
funding
allocated
for
additional
modeling
at
this
time,
and
he
felt
that
this
group's
work
was
completed.
The
recommendation
was
not
voted
on/
accepted.

No
recommendations
were
approved
by
the
Technical
Advisory
Committee
for
submission
to
the
Policy
Committee
at
this
meeting.

Beverly
Smith
thanked
everyone
for
coming
and
stated
today's
presentations
and
summary
will
be
on
the
website.