AGENDA

Meeting of the SIP Guidebook Steering Committee

February 12-13

Denver, Colorado


Monday, February 12

1:00 p.m. Convene the Steering Committee

                *Jeff Burks, Chairman

 

1:15 p.m. Project management

                *Role of the Steering Committee

                 *Project deliverables

 

1:45 p.m. “Vision Statement” and audience for project

 

2:15 p.m. The nuts and bolts of SIPs: A tutorial on development of SIPs

                                                * SIP development process

                                                                ** Development of baseline inventories

                                                                ** Model assumptions

                                                                ** EPA review process

 

3:15 p.m. Break

 

3:30 p.m. Regional haze SIPs

                                                * Consistency of inventories and assumptions between criteria pollutant SIPs and regional haze SIPs

                                                * Regional haze baseline inventory

                                                                ** WRAP baseline or state-by-state baseline inventories?

                                                                ** Impact of EERE on the regional haze baseline inventory and work of the AP2 Forum

 

               How EERE has been incorporated in SIPs

                                                * EPA guidance (including verification requirements)

                                                * Examples from other states of what has been proposed and what EPA has approved

 

5:00 p.m. Recess

 

Tuesday, February 13

8:00 a.m.                Continental breakfast

 

8:30 a.m.                Inclusion of EERE under regional haze SIPs

                                                * Section 309 SIPs

                                                * Section 308 SIPs

                                Any missed opportunities to utilize EERE to advance air quality goals?

 

10:00 a.m.                Review annotated outline of SIP guidebook

                                                * Why incorporate EERE into SIPs (from Vision Statement)

                                                * How to incorporate EERE into a 309 SIPs

                                                                ** Meeting the EERE requirements in the rule

                                                                ** Mechanisms for implementing EERE measures

                                                * How to incorporate EERE into 308 SIPs

                                                                ** Impact of EERE on the baseline inventory

                                                                ** EERE as control measures (modeling and verification)

                                                * Menu of potential EERE measures for inclusion in SIPs

                                                                ** Identifying specific programs to incorporate in SIPs

                                                                **Identify types of EERE measures that have been given credit in SIPs

                                Policy recommendations for expanding the role of EERE in air quality in the future

 

12:00 p.m.                Assignments and next steps

 

12:30 p.m.                Adjourn