State Implementation Plan (SIP) Guidebook Project
05/08/03

Chair: Jeff Burks, Utah DNR - 801/538-5428

Anna Garcia, Global Environment & Technology Foundation
Van Jamison, Montana Small Business
Brock Lebaron, Utah DEQ
John Nielsen, LAW Fund
Cynthia Praul, California Energy Commission
Edgar Mercado, EPA Headquarters
Rita Trujillo, New Mexico Environment Department

Technical Staff, Western Interstate Energy Board

• Summary of February 20-21, 2002 Meeting of the Steering Committee in Denver, Colorado
• Logistics for February 21-22, 2002 Meeting of the Steering Committee in Denver, CO
• Summary of November 5, 2001 Meeting of the Steering Committee in Denver, CO
• Summary of February 12-13, 2001 Meeting of the Steering Committee in Denver, CO
• Agenda for February 12-13, 2001 Meeting of the Steering Committee in Denver, CO
  • Draft Annotated SIP Guidebook (pdf file)
  • Information on States with EERE Set-Asides in NOx Budget

   

• Summary of January 10, 2001 Conference Call of the SIP Guidebook Steering Committee
• Summary of December 13, 2000 Initial Conference Call of the SIP Guidebook Steering Committee

Project Background

• State Implementation Plans for Air Quality: A Primer by NASEO (pdf file)
• Accounting for EERE in SIPs by Van Jamison, DOE
• Introductory Presentation on SIPs by Edgar Mercado, EPA
• Presentation on the SIP Process by John Calcagni, SAI
• Link to information concerning the use of ICF's Integrated Planning Model by EPA's Ozone Transport Assessment Group (OTAG). This page details the assumptions included in the model, such as the incorporation of energy efficiency (Item 2 under CCAP) and renewable energy (Item 4).
• Additional Background Information
• Timeline for state implementation activities, beginning in 1999
• Excerpt From §51.309 of the Regional Haze Rule Including §51.309(d)(8) Addressing Pollution Prevention
• Fact Sheet on Regional Haze Rule
• Map of Class I Areas Protected by the Regional Haze Rule
• Information on Regional Haze

EPA Guidance Documents

• Final Stationary Source Voluntary Measures Policy
• Final Guidance Document: Developing and Updating Output-Based NOx Allowance Allocations
• Conservation and Renewable Energy Incentives under the Acid Rain program
• EPA guidance documents on linking energy efficiency and air quality (NOx Budget Trading Program)