TO:                SIP Guidebook Steering Committee

FROM:          Doug Larson/Alison Wilson

DATE:           November 30, 2000

SUBJECT:     Summary of November 5 meeting of the SIP Guidebook Steering

Rich Halvey (WGA), Doug Larson and Alison Wilson (WIEB), Jeff Burks (UT), Van Jamison, and John Nielsen (LAW Fund) were at the November 5 Steering Committee meeting held in WGA’s offices, and Cynthia Praul (CA), Anna Garcia, and Rita Trujillo (NM) joined the meeting via conference call. The purpose of the meeting was to review the outline of the guidebook developed in February and revisit the assignments for drafting various portions of the guidebook. The committee agreed on the attached Guidebook outline, assignments and deadlines.

Additionally, the committee decided to it would be valuable to discuss with EPA headquarters and regional office personnel energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE) provisions that should be incorporated into Section 309 regional haze SIPs and begin a dialogue on the use of EERE in Section 308 SIPs. The discussion would be added on to a February 2002 Air Pollution Prevention Forum meeting.

The committee briefly reviewed the Regional Haze SIP templates that WESTAR recently prepared (http://www.westar.org/haze_template.htm) and suggested that trying to get EPA feedback on the templates during the February meeting would be helpful.

Finally, the committee agreed on a tentative agenda for a workshop of Western energy and air quality officials to review the Guidebook and how EERE can be used in regional haze SIPs. Below is the proposed agenda. The committee discussed scheduling the workshop in late March, depending on when information will be available from the AP2 Forum’s modeling effort.

Draft SIP Guidebook Workshop Agenda

• Invitations to the workshop would be made to energy and air quality directors from OR, CA, NV, AZ, NM, UT, CO, WY, ID, and the four western EPA regions, and DOE.
• An energy/air quality tutorial may be organized in advance of workshop, depending on interest.

8:30 a.m.     Convene workshop
                    Purpose

9:00 a.m.     Section 308/309 framework (including the role of EERE) Bruce Polkowsky, National Park Service

9:30 a.m.     The costs/benefits of pursuing a 309 SIP

·        What states need to do under 309

o       How EERE fits into 309 – overview [15 minutes]

o       Review of the templates and what you have to file with EPA [45 minutes]

·        AP2 Forum recommendations on measures

o       Report on EERE recommendations, including description of EERE measures

·        Modeling results

o       ICF/Tellus findings [45 minutes]

§         Howard Geller’s work???

o       Emissions modeling results [20 minutes]

·        Translating modeling results into numbers to be included in SIPs

o       Presentation of Utah example

·        Roundtable discussion of how energy and air quality agencies can work together in implementing 309

12:30 p.m.     Lunch

1:30 p.m.       The costs and benefits of pursuing a 308 SIP and options for using EERE

·        Don’t incorporate EERE

·        EERE as voluntary measures

·        Evolving thinking on EERE as compliance measures and baseline adjustments

 4:00 p.m.      Adjourn

Outline of the SIP Guidebook and Assignments

I.                    Introduction (RICH HALVEY) (11/30)

a.      General explanation of regional haze rule

b.      Explain 309/308 paths

II.                 Why incorporate EERE into regional haze SIPs (RICH HALVEY) - (ANNA GARCIA will provide boiler plate language from trading rules)

a.      Addition: vision statement - (RICH HALVEY) (11/30)

b.      Co-benefits of these measures - (WIEB) (1/30)

III.               How to incorporate EERE into 309 SIPs

a.      Specific EERE requirements in 309 - (WIEB) (11/30)

b.      Menu of potential EERE programs (reference to detailed work of the WRAP Air Pollution Prevention (AP2) Forum –– (CYNTHIA PRAUL, ART DIEM, JEFF BURKS) (11/30)

                                                               i.      RE programs from AP2 Forum in first draft

                                                             ii.      EE programs to be developed by AP2 Forum by 6/01

c.      How states quantify energy savings from measures (draft 1/30; final 2/28)

d.      Building the energy savings/renewable energy production into the IPM model to identify emission reductions. These emission reductions are to be utilized by the WRAP Modeling Forum to provide estimates of resulting visibility improvements (JOHN NIELSEN’S AP2 FORUM QUANTIFICATION WORK GROUP)  (ICF results writeup by 2/28; visibility modeling (April???))

e.      Reporting progress toward 10/20 goal –– WIEB (SEE AP2 FORUM WORK ON APPORTIONING GOALS AMONGST STATES) (show examples of projects that are built and how to allocate credit, e.g., Stateline or WY wind projects JOHN NIELSEN OR RICH FERGUSON 12/15)

IV.              How to incorporate EERE into 308 SIPs (procedures that can be used to incorporate EERE measures beyond what is required under section 309 of the Regional Haze Rule). (ANNA GARCIA and EDGAR MERCADO) (1/31)

V.                 Coordination of air and energy agencies in responding to 308/309 (e.g., agencies providing and receiving data) –– (ANNA GARCIA will provide information from trading program guidance. VAN JAMISON will provide information from NASEO work) (1/31)

VI.              Policy recommendations for expanding the role of EERE in air quality in the future (SEE ECOS/NARUC/STAPPA/NASEO work) (post workshop)

a.      EERE measures beyond the AP2 Forum recommendations for regional haze (placeholder to cover items omitted by AP2)

b.      Incorporating EERE in non-regional haze SIPs

Appendices

         Quantification work from modeling
         Checklist of steps to assure compliance with 309
          List of energy and quality agencies and contacts