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Last Updated: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:31 AM

Statewide Conformity Working Group
October 13, 2011 Teleconference

• Printable (PDF) Version of Agenda with Regional Teleconference Sites
• Handouts and Background Material
• Teleconference Sites

Preliminary Agenda

    Note: Times are approximate, for general scheduling purposes - they are not "time certain."

9:00 - Welcome; introductions; housekeeping; agenda review

9:05 - Public Comment on matters not on the agenda

9:10 - Federal Updates

• Federal Updates including:

  • PM Hot Spot Training report
  • Effect on conformity of changing a standard where change doesn’t affect actual numeric standard (e.g. CO)
  • EPA Regulatory Update (ozone implemetation handout)
  • NAAQS Review Schedule Update
  • Significant Litigation & Other Matters
  • Federal Highways & Other Updates
    • Rural One-Lane Bridges –policy regarding use of conformity exemption
    • Reauthorization progress

10:00 - ARB updateS

• EMFAC 2011 Release (ARB web site)

10:15 - Interagency Consultation Matters - For Concurrence

1. PM Hot Spot Planning Assumptions: confirm use of EPA guidance with EMFAC for emission factors.
• Project-Level Conformity Analysis at EPA Conformity web site
• ARB MSEI Modeling web site (use EMFAC2007 until EPA makes EMFAC2011 available for conformity use)
2. Truck Volume Discussion in PM Hot Spot Documentation - standardize presentation in consultation materials
• Discussion Paper
3. Latest EPA AP-42 to be used for paved road dust unless otherwise required by SIP
• Latest EPA method
• ARB 1997 Method with county-level silt loading factors (silt loading factors may be used with EPA method)
• San Joaquin Valley Method (minor variations from ARB 1997 method; can be used but latest EPA method recommended)

10:30 - Break

10:45 - Caltrans Updates

• California Interregional Blueprint/California Transportation Plan update (handout)
• Conformity Status Table update (handout)
• Use EMFAC 2011 instead of CT-EMFAC (which is based on EMFAC 2007) for new environmental studies
  • A period where EMFAC 2011 is used for environmental studies and 2007 is used for conformity may occur.

11:10 - Status of Air Quality & Transportation Planning in California

• MPO status discussion
• Air District status discussion

11:45 - Information sharing

• Next meeting - March 2012
• Consider changing to an annual meeting?
• Chair for next year

12:00 PM - Adjourn

 

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