The policy includes a proposal for national and local controls aimed at reducing boundary pollutant concentrations. To foster thoughtful assessment and development of consensus solutions to this problem, EPA and ECOS formed a national workgroup, OTAG, to bring together all interested states and other relevant stakeholders, such as industry and environmental groups. Its primary objective is the collective assessment of the ozone transport problem, and development of a strategy for reducing ozone pollution on a regional scale. Members of the Policy Group include state environmental commissioners and senior EPA management. The group is chaired by Mary Gade, Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency .
All states are welcome to participate.
John Seitz and Margo Oge represent the EPA in this group. Subgroups To provide the Policy Group with information for decision-making, three subgroups have been established. These subgroups will work concurrently to allow for continuous interaction between them and to provide for timely assessments and evaluations. Each subgroup conducts open working meetings in order to receive comments and recommendations, and to provide all interested parties with an opportunity to participate in the process. The Modeling and Assessment Subgroup addresses issues relevant to emissions inventory, monitoring, and modeling.