Meeting Materials

SIP Development

October 8, 2008
Stakeholder Rule Making Meeting Agenda


September 18, 2008
Ozone Action Plan and State Implementation Plan  -- with language proposed by the APCD at the Request for Public Healing on September 18, 2008
Attachment A : SIP Rule Language
Attachment B:  State-Only Rule Language

September 11, 2008
Ozone Action Plan and State Implementation Plan  -- Approved by the RAQC on September 8, 2008; to be proposed to the AQCC on September 19, 2008 for public hearing
  Attachement A:  SIP Rule Language 
 
Attachment B:  State-Only Rule Language

September 8, 2008
Ozone Action Plan and State Implementation Plan 
  
Attachement A:  SIP Rule Language 
 
Attachment B:  State-Only Rule Language

August 20, 2008
DRAFT Ozone Action Plan and SIP
EPA Comments (on August 5 draft)
Davis Graham and Stubbs Comments

August 11, 2008
DRAFT Ozone Action Plan and SIP
     Attachment A:  SIP Rule Language
     Attachment B:  State-Only Rule Language

General Stakeholder Meetings

Technical Documents

August 19, 2008: Public Meeting - Westminster College Hill Library 
Materials presented at the meeting:
Ozone Planning and SIP Development Status

August 14, 2008: Public Meeting - Aurora Public Library
Materials presented at the meeting:
Ozone Planning and SIP Development Status


February 11, 2008: Regional Ozone Stakeholder Meeting
Ozone in the Front Range, presented by Sara O'Keefe, Regional Air Quality Council and Mike Silverstein, Colorado Air Pollution Control Division

January 7, 2008
Additional Potential Short-Term Ozone Reduction Strategies, Regional Air Quality Council Staff

December 24, 2007
Prioritized list of short term ozone reduction strategies, presented by Denver Environmental Health Department

December 21, 2007
Memo on additional short-term ozone reduction strategies for consideration, presented by Regional Air Quality Council Staff

December 2007
Support documents for the December 14 Stakeholder meeting, all prepared by the State's Air Pollution Control Division
VOC Emission Reduction Options and Issues for Stationary Sources
VOC Emission Reduction Options and Issues for Oil and Gas Sources
Nonattainment Implications for All Stationary and Oil and Gas Sources

November 1, 2007
Near-Term Ozone Reduction Strategies, Coalition of Colorado's Local Governments and Environmental Groups

November 12, 2007: North Front Range Community Meeting in Windsor
Ozone in the Front Range: Past Achievements, Current Challenges, Future Outlook

October 29, 2007
Ozone Reduction Strategies: Short-Term Measures for Discussion, Prepared jointly by: Regional Air Quality Council and State Air Pollution Control Division Staff

October 23, 2007: Community Meeting in Lakewood
Ozone in the Front Range: Past Achievements, Current Challenges, Future Outlook, presented by Sara O'Keefe, RAQC Communications Manager

October 3, 2007: Introductory Ozone Stakeholder Meeting
Purpose, Process & Format of Ozone Stakeholder Committee, presented by Sara O'Keefe, RAQC Communications Manager
Ozone Meteorology, Forecasting & Monitoring Data, presented by Pat Reddy, APCD Senior Air Quality Meteorologist
Ozone Inventories & Modeling, presented by Jerry Dilley, RAQC Air Quality Engineer
Controlling Ozone: Past Strategies, Current Programs & Future Options, presented by Ken Lloyd, RAQC Executive Director

October 2007
Ethanol White Paper: Ethanol-Blended Gasoline and Ozone, Submitted by: Patty Stulp of ERAS, Inc.

September 7, 2007
Draft: Review of Ozone State Implementation Plans Across the Country, prepared by: Regional Air Quality Council Staff

August 21, 2007
History: Ozone Strategy Development, prepared by: Regional Air Quality Council Staff

December 4, 2007
White Paper: Short-Term Ozone Reduction Strategies (for discussion at upcoming RAQC Board Meeting)

December 2007
The Path Forward, prepared by: A Coalition of Colorado's Local Governments and Environmental Groups

Mobile Sources
 
June 18, 2008: Mobile Sources / Fuels Meeting
Ozone Fuels Strategies, presented by Ken Lloyd, Executive Director, RAQC
Stage II Vapor Recovery DMA NFR, presented by APCD staff

June 10, 2008: Mobile Sources / Fuels Meeting
Impact of Ozone Compliance Cost on Gasoline Supply, Logistics and Costs for the Denver Area, presented by Energy Analysts International

June 3, 2008: Mobile Sources / Fuels Meeting
Stage II Vapor Recovery: Potential Denver Metro Area-North Front Range Ozone Reduction Strategy, Technical Evaluation, presented by Curtis Taipale, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Stage II Vapor Recovery, presented by Grier Bailey, Colorado Petroleum Marketers Association and on behalf of Convenience Store Association
Ozone Reduction Strategies from Fuels, presented by Garry Kaufmann, State's Air Pollution Control Division 

November 7, 2007: Mobile Sources & Fuels Meeting
Ozone Reduction Strategies from Fuels, presented by Garry Kaufman, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Ozone Reduction Strategies from Mobile Sources, presented by Jim Sidebottom, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Adoption of California Vehicle Standards, presented by Kim Livo, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Stakeholder
Fuel and Mobile Source Strategies to Reduce Ozone, presented by Douglas R. Lawson
T
o Avoid Ozone Violations, presented by Donald H. Stedman
Fuels and Mobile Source Ozone Reduction Strategies, presented by Coalition of Colorado's Local Governments and Environmental Groups
Fuels and Mobile Source Ozone Reduction Strategies to Help Protect Human Health from Ozone Pollution, presented by Coalition of Colorado's Local Governments and Environmental Groups
Michigan DEQ CAMX Model Run on E10 with Permeation Shows E10 Ozone-Neutral, presented by Patty Stulp, ERAS, Inc.
Ethanol is Ozone Neutral, presented by Patty Stulp, ERAS, Inc.
Mobile Sources and Fuels Ozone Reduction Strategies, presented by Patty Stulp, ERAS, Inc.

NOx Strategies

June 20, 2008: NOx Strategy Meeting
Overview of NOx Control Options
Potential NOx and SO2 control Measures for Existing Large Point Sources

May 14, 2008
Proposed Sensitivity Tests for Consideration Applied to 2010 Base Case

December 18, 2007: Scientific NOx Forum
Roles of Nitrogen Oxides in Air Quality, presented by Jana B. Milford, Ph.D., J.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Characterizing Ozone Distribution and Transport with Airborne Ozone Lidar, presented by R. Michael Hardesty, Ph.D., NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
A Measurement-Based Approach to Air Quality, presented by Gregory J. Frost, Ph.D., NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
NOx & Ozone Weekend Ozone Effect -- The Natural Emissions Control Experiment, presented by Douglas R. Lawson, Ph.D., NREL
History of the Weekend Effect, presented by Donald R. Stedman, Ph.D., University of Denver
Click on the names above to follow-up with the scientists and researchers on their presentations.

Oil and Gas Strategies

July 8, 2008: Rule Language Development Meeting
Condensate Tanks - Interim Economic Impact Analysis
Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Oil & Gas Industry Ozone SIP Strategies - presented by Chris Laplante
Environmental Engineer Air Pollution Control Division
Ozone (and other pollutants) Along Colorado’s Front Range - presented by Douglas R. Lawson
Ozone Briefing, presented by  Pat Reddy
P
neumatics Comments from Stakeholders
Reg 3: APEN/Permitting Exemptions New and Modified Sources (VOCs, NOx) State-wide
Regulation NO. 3 Exemptions
Regulation 3/7 RACT & Reg 7 Expansion
Regulation No. 7 - Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds
Rule Language Development Overview
Threshold Strategy for Condensate Tanks

June 11, 2008: Rule Language Development for Selected Oil & Gas and VOC Stationary Source Control Strategies Meeting (#3) Information provided by staff from the State's Air Pollution Control Division:
Agenda
Largest VOC Facilities in Ozone Non-Attainment Area
Ozone Reduction Strategies - Dena Wojtach
RACT and BACT-Roland C. Hea, P.E.
Regulation 7 Expansion and Edits
Rule Development Handout
Statewide Controls for Condensate Tanks
Statewide Pneumatics

June 20, 2008: Rule Language Development for Selected Oil & Gas and VOC Stationary Source Control Strategies Meeting. 
Materials presented at the meeting: 
O&G 2008 Stakeholder Briefing Statewide
Pneumatics Draft Language
Statewide Controls for Condensate Tanks
APCD Presentation on Condensate Tanks
Regulation 7 Corrections & Clarifications

May 28, 2008: Rule Language Development for Selected Oil & Gas and VOC Stationary Source Control Strategies Meeting (#2)
Information provided by staff from the State's Air Pollution Control Division:
Comments Document
Rule Development Handout: Pneumatic Devices in Ozone Non-attainment Area
Draft Language: Pneumatic Devices
Ozone SIP Status, presented by Ken Lloyd, Regional Air Quality Council
2006 Baseline Emissions Inventory from the Denver-Julesburg Basin, presented by Scott Mason, Encana representing IPAMS
Refinements to the Base Year 2006 Inventory for Denver 8-hours
Ozone NAA SIP, presented by Dale Wells, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Draft Ozone Oil and Gas Ozone Reduction Strategies, presented by Rose Waldman, State's Air Pollution Control Division  

May 28, 2008
Information provided by staff from the State's Air Pollution Control Division:
Comments Document
Rule Development Handout: Pneumatic Devices in Ozone Non-attainment Area
Draft Language: Pneumatic Devices

May 13, 2008
Overview, presented by Mike Silverstein, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Rule Development Handout, presented by Dena Wojtach, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Condensate Tanks in the NAA , presented by Dena Wojtach, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Regulation No. 3 & Regulation No. 7 RACT, presented by Dena Wojtach, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Regulation No. 3 Exemptions, presented by Dena Wojtach, State's Air Pollution Control Division

April 10, 2008: Oil & Gas and VOC Stationary Sources Meeting
Overview of Strategy Development Process, presented by Mike Silverstein, State's Air Pollution Control Division
2006 Base Care Inventory Update and 2010 Base Case Inventory, presented by Dale Wells, State's Air Pollution Control Division
VOC Stationary Source Regulatory and SIP Strategy Issues, presented by Theresa Amoroso, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Oil & Gas Source SIP Strategy Development, presented by Rose Waldman, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Stationary Source Analysis of Specific Largest Emitting Facilities, presented by Theresa Amoroso, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Recommended VOC Control Strategies for Stationary Sources, presented by Jeremy Nichols and Sabrina Williams, Coalition of Local Governments & Environmental Groups


March 6-12, 2008: Letters from Oil and Gas Companies - Commitments for 2008 summer ozone season
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
EnCana Oil & Gas Inc.
Noble Energy
Suncor

February 26, 2008: Oil & Gas Meeting
Ozone SIP Status, presented by Ken Lloyd, Regional Air Quality Council
2006 Baseline Emissions Inventory from the Denver-Julesburg Basin, presented by Scott Mason, Encana representing IPAMS
Refinements to the Base Year 2006 Inventory for Denver 8-hours
Ozone NAA SIP, presented by Dale Wells, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Draft Ozone Oil and Gas Ozone Reduction Strategies, presented by Rose Waldman, State's Air Pollution Control Division  

February 22, 2008
Draft Issue Papers on Oil and Gas Ozone Reduction Strategies, all prepared by Colorado Air Pollution Control Division Staff

February 7, 2008
Development of Baseline2006 Emissions from Oil and Gas Activity in the Denver-Julesburg Basin , Prepared by ENVIRON International Corporation, Buys & Associates and Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States (IPAMS)

Ozone Modeling Meetings

September 22, 2008
Denver 2010 Control Strategies Report, prepared by ENVIRON International and Alpine Geophysics, LLC

Denver 2010 September 8, 2008
Denver 2010 Projections, Emissions Sensitivity and APCA Ozone Source Apportionment Report, Executive Summary, prepared by ENVIRON International and Alpine Geophysics, LLC

September 4, 2008: Source Apportionment & Weight of Evidendence Stakeholder Meeting
Source Apportionment Presentation presented by Dennis McNally, Alpine Geophysics
Weight of Evidence Presentation presented by Jerry Dilly, RAQC; Kevin Briggs, ACPD; and Pat Reddy, APCD

August  29, 2008
Model Performance Evaluation for the June-July 2006  Ozone Episode for the  Denver 8-Hour Ozone State Implementation Plan, prepared by ENVIRON International and Alpine Geophysics, LLC

July 24, 2008 RAQC Board meeting
Ozone Photochemical Modeling - Statewide Sensitivity Analysis 
Presentation 
Sensivitity Table 
SIP Regulation Development Schedule
Strategy Matrix (updated 7/24/08)
  
July 14, 2008: Modeling Meeting
Revised Denver 2010 8-Hour Ozone Design Value Projections and Results of 2010 Sensitivity Tests, presented by Ralph Morris, Environ

June 4, 2008: Modeling Meeting
Model Performance Evaluation for the Final 2006 Base Case Simulation for the June-July 2006 Denver Ozone SIP Modeling Episode, presented by Ralph Morris, ENVIRON International Corporation and Dennis McNally, Alpine Geophysics, LLC
2010 8-Hour Ozone Design Value Projections for the Denver 8-Hour Ozone SIP and 2010 Base Case Simulation, presented by Ralph Morris, Ed Tai and Tanarit Sakulyanontvittaya, ENVIRON International Corporation
2010 Base Case Emissions and Comparison with 2006 Base Case, presented by Cyndi Loomis, Alpine Geophysics, LLC and Alison Pollack, Stella Shepard and John Grant, ENVIRON International Corporation
UPDATED: 2010 Base Case Sensitivity Test, Source Apportionment and Schedule
Proposed 2010 Sensitivity Tests, Source Apportionment and Schedule, presented by Dennis McNally Alpine Geophysics, LLC and Ralph Morris, ENVIRON International Corporation

March 4, 2008: Modeling Meeting
Ozone SIP Development Status, presented by Ken LLoyd, Regional Air Quality Council
MM5 Modeling for the Denver 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration Modeling, presented by  Dennis McNally, Alpine Geophysics, LLC and Ralph Morris, ENVIRON International Corporation
Preliminary Ozone Model Performance Evaluation and Diagnostic Sensitivity Tests for the June-July 2006 Denver Ozone SIP Modeling Episode, presented by Dennis McNally, Alpine Geophysics, LLC and Ralph Morris, ENVIRON International Corporation 

February 27, 2008
Preliminary DRAFT Report: Initial Ozone Model Performance Evaluation of the June -
July 2006 Denver Ozone Episode and Diagnostic Testing and Analysis, prepared by: ENVIRON International Corporation & Alpine Geophysics, LLC
Appendices A-D: Emission Summaries for the 2006 Fast Track Emissions Model, prepared by: ENVIRON International Corporation & Alpine Geophysics, LLC

February 25, 2008
DRAFT Evaluation of Preliminary MM5 Meteorological Model Simulation for the June-July 2006 Denver Ozone SIP Modeling Period Focused on Colorado, Prepared by: ENVIRON International Corporation & Alpine Geophysics, LLC

November 28, 2007
Draft Final Report: Modeling Protocol for the Denver 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration Modeling, prepared by: ENVIRON International Corporation & Alpine Geophysics, LLC

November 28, 2007
MEMO: Response to Comments on the preliminary draft Modeling Protocol for 8-hour ozone modeling of the Denver area dated October 23, 2007, prepared by: ENVIRON International Corporation & Alpine Geophysics, LLC

October 25, 2007: Modeling
Modeling Protocol for the Denver 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration Modeling, presented by Ralph Morris, ENVIRON International Corporation and Dennis McNally, Alpine Geophysics, LLC

October 23, 2007
Preliminary Draft Report: MODELING PROTOCOL FOR THE DENVER 8-HOUR OZONE
ATTAINMENT DEMONSTRATION MODELING
, prepared by: ENVIRON International Corporation & Alpine Geophysics, LLC

October 5, 2007
Scope of Work, Schedule and Cost Estimate : DRAFT Denver 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration Modeling and Analysis, prepared by: ENVIRON International Corporation & Alpine Geophysics, LLC

RAQC Board Meetings

All RAQC board meeting materials are available at
raqc.org.

Transportation Strategies 

June 25, 2008: North Front Range Transportation and Air Quality Planning Council and Regional Air Quality Council Joint Meeting

March 19, 2008: Transportation Measures
Ozone SIP Development Status, presented by Ken LLoyd, Regional Air Quality Council
Trip Reduction and the city of Boulder, presented by Chris Hagelin, GO Boulder/City of Boulder
Mandatory Trip Reduction Programs, presented by Coalition of Colorado's Local Governments and Environmental Groups

December 11, 2007: Congestion Mitigation / Transportation Demand Management
Denver Congestion Management / Air Quality Program, presented by Steve Cook, Congestion Mitigation Manager, DRCOG
North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization SmartTrips/VanGo Program, presented by Aaron Fodge, SmartTrips Public Process and TDM Manager, NFRMPO
Transportation Management Organization Overview, presented by Debra Baskett, Transportation Manager, City and County of Broomfield
Downtown Denver Transportation Program & Commuting Habits, presented by Aylene Quale, Transportation Manager, Downtown Denver Partnership
Case Studies: Mandatory Trip Reduction Programs, presented by Bill Obermann, Senior Transportation Planner, UrbanTrans Consultants, Inc. Supporting documents, stakeholder presentations and handouts
Washington State Commute Trip Reduction:
CTR Task Force 2005 Report to the Washington State Legislature

VOC Stationary Sources Meeting

April 4, 2008
Draft Issue Papers on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Oil & Gas Stationary Source Strategies, all prepared by Colorado Air Pollution Control Division Staff

March 5, 2008: VOC Stationary Sources Meeting
Ozone SIP Development Status, presented by Ken LLoyd, Regional Air Quality Council
Stationary Source Inventory, presented by Theresa Amoroso, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Draft Stationary Source Ozone Reduction Strategies, presented by Theresa Amoroso, State's Air Pollution Control Division

December 14, 2007: VOC Stationary and Oil and Gas
Stationary Sources and Oil and Gas VOC Emission Control Issues and Options, presented by Theresa Amoroso, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Oil and Gas Emissions Reduction Strategies, presented by Christopher Laplante, State's Air Pollution Control Division
Clearing the Air: The Benefits of Reducing Emissions from the Oil & Gas Sector, presented by Gregg Thomas and Sabrina Williams, Denver Department of Environmental Health, Jeremy Nichols, Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action
Oil and Gas VOC Emissions and Controls in the Denver Metropolitan Area, presented by Meg Collins, Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Curtis Rueter, Noble Energy, Inc., and Phil Schlagel, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Institute for Environmental Solutions, presented by W. Gale Biggs and Desiree Thorp, Institute for Environmental Solutions