Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0090-0352
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Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
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Posted Date: 2004-07-20T04:00Z

Shreveport­
Bossier
City
Metropolitan
Statistical
Area
Early
Action
Compact
Progress
Report
June
30,
2004
Prepared
for
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Region
6
Dallas,
Texas
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Bossier
City
MSA
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Action
Compact
Progress
Report
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Contents
1.
Introduction
...................................................................................................................................
1
2.
Development
of
Control
Strategies/
Early
Action
Plans
...................................................
1
3.
Progress
Toward
Implementation
of
Local
Measures
......................................................
2
4.
Progress
Toward
Completion
of
Additional
Technical
Analyses
..................................
2
5.
Meetings
...................................................................................................................................
3
6.
Progress
of
State
SIP
Development
........................................................................................
3
7.
Obstacles
.
                                   
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Shreveport­
Bossier
City
MSA
Early
Action
Compact
Progress
Report

1
1.
Introduction
The
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
requires
signatories
of
Early
Action
Compacts
(
EAC)
to
prepare
a
progress
report
every
six
months
that
describes
the
progress
made
to
date
against
the
EAC
milestones.
This
progress
report
will
summarize
activities
related
to
the
Shreveport
 
Bossier
City
Metropolitan
Statistical
Area's
EAC
during
the
period
from
January
1
through
June
30,
2004.

2.
Development
of
Control
Strategies/
Early
Action
Plans
The
first
quarter
of
2004
was
spent
finalizing
the
Air
Quality
Improvement
Plan
(
AQIP)
for
submission
by
the
Shreveport
 
Bossier
City
MSA
(
the
MSA)
to
the
Louisiana
Department
of
Environmental
Quality
(
DEQ)
.
During
this
period,
final
control
measure
and
2012
maintenance
modeling
analyses
were
completed,
and
the
primary
planning
strategies
for
ensuring
continued
attainment
through
2007
were
refined
and
finalized
The
strategies
included
(
a)
selection
of
six
control
measures
for
implementation
by
the
end
of
2005
at
the
latest,
and
(
b)
formulation
of
a
contingency
plan,
which
would
require
the
MSA
to
take
specified
actions
in
the
event
that
ozone
design
values
increase
to
the
non­
attainment
threshold.
The
particular
control
measures,
as
well
as
the
contingency
plan,
are
set
out
in
detail
in
the
AQIP
submitted
on
March
31.

The
Greater
Shreveport
Clean
Air
Citizens
Advisory
Committee
(
CACAC),
which
is
the
primary
air
quality
planning
entity
for
the
MSA,
considered
these
strategies
via
emails
and
telephone
conferences
during
the
week
of
January
19,
and
agreed
with
the
proposed
approach.
With
regard
to
the
"
contingency"
provision,
it
was
noted
that
the
AQIP
should
not
list
specific
control
measures
to
be
implemented
in
the
event
of
a
contingency,
because
the
particular
circumstances
which
could
give
rise
to
a
higher
design
value
in
the
future
will
clearly
have
a
significant
bearing
on
the
types
of
strategies
selected,
and
those
circumstances
are
obviously
unknown
at
present.
Instead,
the
CACAC
determined
that
the
AQIP's
contingency
plan
should
contain
a
schedule
for
the
selection
of
appropriate
strategies,
should
such
a
need
arise,
based
on
the
particular
circumstances
of
the
contingency.

Also
during
this
period,
emissions
reduction
estimates
expected
to
result
from
the
implementation
of
four
of
the
six
listed
initial
control
strategies
were
refined
and
finalized,
to
the
greatest
extent
possible.
Exact
emissions
reduction
estimates
were
unable
to
be
established
for
two
of
the
control
strategies
(
piping
of
landfill
gas
to
the
General
Motors
plant
and
the
installation
of
energy
conservation
equipment
in
city
buildings).
However,
the
MSA
began
partnering
with
the
National
Renewable
Energy
Laboratory,
Louisiana
Department
of
Natural
Resources,
EPA,
DEQ,
Louisiana
State
University,
and
AEP­
SWEPCO
(
the
local
electric
utility)
on
an
innovative
program
to
calculate
emission
reduction
credits
resulting
from
the
City
of
Shreveport's
energy
efficiency
initiative.
It
is
hoped
that
this
program,
once
established,
can
be
utilized
as
a
tool
for
air
planning
purposes
throughout
the
country.
As
of
the
date
of
this
progress
report,
work
on
the
program
is
continuing.
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The
public
was
notified
of
the
scope
of
the
proposed
AQIP
via
newspaper
publication
on
February
24.
Initially,
an
abstract
summarizing
the
salient
points
of
the
proposed
AQIP
was
posted
on
the
City
of
Shreveport's
web
site,
and
the
plan
itself,
along
with
the
modeling
report,
was
posted
in
March
and
remains
posted
on
the
City's
website.

On
March
9,
the
CACAC
met
for
the
last
time
prior
to
the
March
31
submission,
and
received
a
final
briefing
from
the
modelers
on
their
results.
The
plan
was
then
put
into
final
form,
circulated
to
and
approved
by
CACAC
members,
and
submitted
to
DEQ
by
March
31.

3.
Progress
Toward
Implementation
of
Local
Measures
(
a)
Centerpoint
Energy
Plant
Modification.
Construction
on
this
project
has
begun,
and
completion
of
the
project
(
and
the
corresponding
NOx
reduction)
is
currently
slated
for
September
of
2004.
Completion
could
be
delayed
somewhat
if
the
adverse
weather
conditions
experienced
this
spring
and
summer
continue
to
impede
progress.

(
b)
General
Motors
Plant
Modification.
This
project
has
been
fully
implemented.

(
c)
Landfill
Gas
Recovery
Project.
This
project
has
been
fully
implemented.

(
d)
Energy
Conservation
Program.
The
City
signed
the
contract
with
Johnson
Controls
for
the
installation
of
energy
conservation
equipment
on
March
19,
and
work
has
begun.
As
mentioned
above,
a
collaborative
project
between
numerous
state,
federal
and
local
agencies
is
ongoing,
to
quantify
the
emissions
reduction
benefits
to
be
expected
from
this
program.
Currently,
monthly
demand
and
consumption
profiles
for
both
electricity
and
natural
gas
showing
the
reductions
attributable
to
the
project
are
being
developed
by
Johnson
Controls.

(
e)
Intelligent
Transportation
Systems.
The
system
has
been
installed
at
24
intersections.

(
f)
Hybrid
Bus.
In
May,
the
Shreveport
City
Council
approved
the
budget
for
the
purchase
of
the
bus.
The
bus
is
expected
to
be
delivered
within
12
months.

4.
Progress
Toward
Completion
of
Additional
Technical
Analyses
No
additional
technical
analyses
are
needed
in
this
regard,
as
all
modeling
completed
prior
to
the
March
31
submission
supports
continued
attainment.
Any
additional
emissions
reductions
benefits
from
the
landfill
gas
project
and
the
energy
efficiency
program
which
can
be
quantified
may
be
modeled
and
factored
into
the
technical
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analyses
if
feasible;
however,
such
is
not
necessary
in
order
to
support
the
attainment
demonstration.

5.
Meetings
As
discussed
above,
the
CACAC
held
its
last
meeting
prior
to
submission
of
the
AQIP
on
March
9.
The
meeting
was
advertised
in
the
local
newspaper
and
the
public
was
invited.
At
the
meeting,
the
final
modeling
presentation
was
given
and
final
results
and
conclusions
were
presented.
Shortly
thereafter,
and
after
a
public
comment
period
concluded,
the
CACAC
approved
the
AQIP
for
submission
to
DEQ.

6.
Progress
of
State
SIP
Development
The
following
is
the
expected
SIP
processing
schedule
as
of
June
29,
2004,
furnished
by
the
DEQ:

SIP
Noticed
in
Louisiana
Register
8/
20/
04
SIP
Public
Hearing
10/
7/
04
SIP
Comment
Period
8/
20
 
10/
14/
04
Response
to
SIP
Comments
10/
14
 
11/
14/
04
Submittal
of
Final
SIP
to
EPA
Mid
December
`
04
7.
Obstacles
We
are
aware
of
no
obstacles
at
this
time
toward
completion
of
the
December
31
milestone
or
any
future
milestones.