WRAP Regional Technical Center and WestJumpAQMS

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WRAP Regional Technical Center and WestJumpAQMS

Since the completion of WestJumpAQMS in 2013, the WRAP has been preparing a Strategic Plan and Action Plan to lay out work activities, membership involvement in working groups and committees, to transition the western regional air quality effort from WestJumpAQMS into a Regional Technical Center. Materials from the series of Followup Workshops below based on the WestJumpAQMS, as well as ongoing regional studies, are the basis of the Regional Technical Center.

WestJumpAQMS

The Western Governors’ Association (WGA), on behalf of the Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP), is coordinating state, local, and federal agency involvement in a large regional 2008 baseline year air quality modeling study called the West-wide Jumpstart Air Quality Modeling Study (WestJumpAQMS). The study was supported by three expert technical contractors to WGA and western public air quality and land management agencies for the study. The prime contractor was ENVIRON International Corporation (ENVIRON), with Alpine Geophysics and the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill as subcontractors. The objectives of the WestJumpAQMS were as follows:

  • Initiate the next generation of regional technical analysis and support for Ozone and Particulate Matter (PM) transport and attainment demonstrations across the West.
  • Implement the concept developed by New Mexico Environment Department Air Quality Bureau, EPA Region 6, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) New Mexico state office, British Petroleum (BP), and the Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) to begin the next round of base-year regional modeling to support western U.S. air quality planning.
  • Advance the interests and support the technical data needs of the BLM national air program and BLM State Offices’ air quality staff (MT-ND, WY, UT, CO, and NM) for consistent future NEPA air quality analyses.
  • Continue work conducted by WRAP’s Regional Modeling Center (RMC) from 2001-09 to provide regionally complete emissions and air quality modeling across the western U.S.
    • RMC modeling products became the basis for many state air agency and federal land manager air analyses across the West, including numerous NEPA studies, the Denver Ozone study, and the Four Corners Air Quality Task Force (FCAQTF) work, among others. The regional collaboration enabled by the WRAP RMC was effective and efficient for state and regional air quality planning. The WestJumpAQMS will enable the application of WRAP-IPAMS regionally consistent and comprehensive work to compile Oil and Gas VOC and NOx emission inventories.
  • Leverage recent modeling and monitoring analyses suggesting Spring season transport of both natural ozone and international emissions are occurring in elevated rural terrain in the spring and such events approach the level of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS).
  • Provide a modeling platform that incorporates technical updates and improvements to photochemical grid models, to begin addressing the next generation of air quality issues related to Ozone, PM (PM2.5 and PM10), visibility, and nitrogen deposition.

Regional Technical Center and WestJumpAQMS – Followup Workshops

Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI) ENV Vision Conference
Airborne ozone measurements over California and Nevada by the Alpha Jet Atmospheric eXperiment (AJAX) – Emma Yates, Research Scientist, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, in the Atmospheric Science Branch at NASA Ames Research Center - WESTAR Ozone Background and Transport Workgroup call – January 13, 2016

Identification of Ozone Sources in the Western U.S. - Dan Jaffe, University of Washington - WESTAR Ozone Background and Transport Workgroup call – December 2, 2015

Recommendations for Monitoring and Modeling Research for use in Ozone Planning – Gail Tonnesen, EPA Region 8 - WESTAR Ozone Background and Transport Workgroup call - September 24, 2015

Key drivers of western US ozone means & extremes: Climate variability, stratospheric intrusions, and Asian pollution – Meiyun Lin, Princeton University and NOAA GFDL - WESTAR Ozone Background and Transport Workgroup call – August 20, 2015

Analysis of proposed Ozone air quality standard in the West, background levels, and implementation matters (presentation) (briefing paper) – Dana Wood and Amy Trojecki, BP America Production Company – August 20, 2015

Trends in northern hemisphere ozone – Owen Cooper, CIRES, University of Colorado and NOAA ESRL, WESTAR Ozone Background and Transport Workgroup call – July 8, 2015

EPA Emission Inventory Conference Plenary Session presentation (PDF) April 13-16, 2015

Ozone Transport session presentation (PDF) – WESTAR/WRAP Spring Meeting – April 8-10, 2015

San Joaquin Valley AQMD – Transboundary Ozone Pollution Conference presentation (PDF) March 31 – April 2, 2015

Front Range / Federal Air Quality Forum presentation (PDF) March 24, 2015

Idaho Region 10 Smoke Management Workshop presentation (PDF) and Idaho DEQ Western Air Quality Workshop (PDF) and WRAPTools (PDF) March 17 and 18, 2015

Western Energy Supply and Transmission (WEST) Associates meeting presentation (PDF) March 9, 2015

CENRS Air Quality Research Subcommittee meeting (PDF) February 19, 2015

Washington (PDF), WRAPTools (PDF) and NW-Airquest Meeting presentation (PDF) February 4 and 5, 2015

EPA Region 9 Managers Briefing (PDF) and Technical Workshop (PDF) December 18, 2014

22nd Annual Tribal-EPA Region 9 Conference (PDF) October 17, 2014

31st Annual Utah Conference on Safety & Industrial Hygiene – Environmental Health session on Western and Utah Air Quality (PDF) October 16, 2014

California Desert Air Working Group (Oct. 7th WRAP Workshop - Western AQ Studies PDF and Modeling Results PDF, and Oct. 8th CDAWG meeting presentation PDF) October 7-8, 2014

Nevada (Agenda, Modeling Results PDF, and Western AQ Studies PDF) September 23, 2014

Maricopa County, AZ (Ozone 101 and Ozone 301), September 4, 2014

Oregon (Modeling Results PDF, and Western AQ Studies PDF) August 20, 2014

South Dakota (Modeling Results PDF, and Western AQ Studies PDF), June 4, 2014

Utah (Modeling Results PDF, and Western AQ Studies PDF), April 16, 2014 - Utah Division of Air Quality blog April 24, 2014

EPA Region 8 Tribal Air Programs’ Meeting (PDF), March 26, 2014

Arizona (Modeling Results PDF, and Western AQ Studies PDF) February 5, 2014

New Mexico (Modeling Results PDF, and Western AQ Studies PDF) December 18, 2013

Western BLM State Offices - Air Specialists Technical conference call (PDF) December 6, 2013

Denver Regional Air Quality Council (PDF), November 15, 2013

CenSARA / EPA Regions 6 and 7 conference call WestJumpAQMS briefing (PDF), October 17, 2013

WestJumpAQMS - Reports

West-Wide Jump-Start Air Quality Modeling Study (WestJumpAQMS) – Final Report (PDF 15MB), September 30, 2013
  • Response-to-Comments for Draft Final Report (PDF 1MB), September 30, 2013
List of Appendices and directions for use (PDF)

Appendix A:CSAPR-Type Analysis for 2008 Upwind State Highest Contribution to Average and Maximum Ozone Design Values at any Monitoring Site in up to 5 Downwind States using MATS (XLSX 1MB)
Appendix B:State Contributions to Daily Maximum 8-Hour Ozone Concentrations on 10 Highest Modeled Ozone Days in 2008 by Monitoring Site (XLSX 19MB)
Appendix C:Spatial Maps of State-Specific Anthropogenic Emissions Contributions to Highest and Fourth Highest Modeled Daily Maximum 8-Hour Ozone Concentrations during 2008 Greater than 76 (current NAAQS), 70, 65, 60 (potential future NAAQS) and 0 (maximum contribution) ppb across the 12 km WESTUS and 36 km CONUS Domains (ZIP 37MB) (corrected files posted February 7, 2014)
Appendix D:CSAPR-Type Analysis for 2008 Upwind State Highest Contribution to Annual PM2.5 Design Values in up to Five Downwind States using MATS (XLSX 12MB)
Appendix E:State Contributions to Modeled Annual PM2.5 Concentrations in 2008 by Monitoring Site (XLSX 23MB)
Appendix F:CSAPR-Type Analysis for 2008 Upwind State Highest Contribution to 24-Hour PM2.5 Design Values in up to Five Downwind States using MATS (XLSX 12MB)
Appendix G:Spatial Maps of Modeled State-Specific Anthropogenic Emissions Contributions to Highest (1stmax) and Eighth (8thmax) Highest 24-Hour PM2.5 Concentrations during 2008 greater than 35 (current NAAQS), 30, 25, 20 and 0 (maximum contribution) µg/m3 (ZIP 13MB) (corrected files posted February 7, 2014)
Appendix H:Source Category-Specific Contributions to 8-Hour Ozone Design Values at Monitoring Sites in the 4 km Detailed Source Apportionment Domain (DSAD) using MATS and Maximum Contribution to 8-Hour Ozone Design Values in Each DSAD State (CO, NM, UT and WY) due to Major Source Categories using MATS (XLSX 1MB)
Appendix I:Source Category-Specific Contributions to Ten Highest Modeled Daily Maximum 8-Hour Ozone Concentrations at Monitoring Sites in the 4 km Detailed Source Apportionment Domain (DSAD) (XLSX 2MB)
Appendix J:Source Category-Specific Contributions to Annual PM2.5 Design Values at Monitoring Sites in the 12 km WESTUS Domain using MATS (XLSX 2MB)
Appendix K:Source Category-Specific Contributions to Modeled Annual PM2.5 Concentrations (µg/m3) at Monitoring Sites in the 12 km WESTUS Domain (XLSX 4MB)
Appendix L:Source Category-Specific Contributions to 24-Hour PM2.5 Design Values at Monitoring Sites in the 12 km WESTUS Domain using MATS (XLSX 2MB)
Appendix M:Source Category-Specific Contributions to Ten Highest Modeled 24-Hour PM2.5 Concentrations (µg/m3) at Monitoring Sites in the 12 km WESTUS Domain (XLSX 10MB)
Appendix N:Annual Sulfur and Nitrogen Wet and Dry Deposition at IMPROVE Monitors by Species (XLSX 1MB)
Appendix O:Western State-Specific Modeled Contributions to Visibility Impairment at IMPROVE Monitoring Sites for Modeled Worst (W20) and Best (B20) 20% Days during 2008 (ZIP 46MB)

WestJumpAQMS Modeling Materials

Interactive agenda from WestJumpAQMS Final Project Report meeting, Denver, CO – September 25, 2013

WestJumpAQMS Source Apportionment Results, Draft Final Report, and Appendices, August 29, 2013 presentation

WestJumpAQMS Modeling and Source Apportionment Results, July 26, 2013 presentation

WestJumpAQMS Model Performance Evaluation and Ozone Source Apportionment Results, June 20, 2013 presentation

Final WestJumpAQMS Modeling Protocol and Source Apportionment Design document, May 1, 2013

Draft Modeling Protocol Response-to-Comments document, May 1, 2013

Final Review Draft - WestJumpAQMS Modeling Protocol and Source Apportionment Design document, October 19, 2012

Final WestJumpAQMS Modeling Plan, January 23, 2012

Draft Modeling Plan Response-to-Comments document, January 23, 2012

WestJumpAQMS - Emissions Materials

Ammonia Emissions Modeling – Recommendations and Next Steps memo, September 30, 2013 Final Point Source Emissions Technical Memo 1 (2008 Point Emissions data), March 15, 2013
  • The review call for Memos 1, 6, 8, 11, and 13 was held on March 14, 2013
Final Area and Non-Road Emissions Technical Memo 2 (2008 Area and Non-Road Emissions data), January 22, 2013 (the review call for this memo was held January 24, 2013)

Final On-Road (MOVES) Emissions - Technical Memo 3, June 25, 2012

Final Oil & Gas Emissions Technical Memo 4a (Colorado Basins), June 7, 2012 (the review call for this memo was held May 8, 2012) Final Oil & Gas Emissions Technical Memo 4b (Uinta and South San Juan Basins), June 7, 2012 (the review call for this memo was held May 8, 2012) Final Oil & Gas Emissions Technical Memo 4c (2008 data for Wyoming Basins), January 23, 2013 (the review call for this memo was held January 4, 2013) Final Oil & Gas Emissions Technical Memo 4d (2008 data for the Permian Basin), corrected version April 24, 2013 (the review call for this memo was held January 4, 2013) Final Oil & Gas Emissions Technical Memo 4e (2008 O&G data for Other Areas), March 6, 2013 (the review call for this memo was held January 24, 2013)

Final Fire Emissions Technical Memo 5, April 27, 2012 (the review call for this memo was held March 9, 2012)

Final Dust Emissions Technical Memo 6 (2008 Dust Emissions data), March 11, 2013

Final Offshore Shipping Emissions Technical Memo 7, January 23, 2012 (the review call for this memo was held January 30, 2012)

Final Ammonia Emissions Technical Memo 8 (2008 Ammonia Emissions data), February 28, 2013

Final Biogenic Emissions Technical Memo 9, May 9, 2012 (the review call for this memo was held May 4, 2012)

Memo 10 (Eastern USA Emissions) was cancelled and not prepared; those data were addressed by source category in other memos.

Final Mexico and Canada Emissions Technical Memo 11 (Emissions data for these 2 nations used in WestJumpAQMS), March 12, 2013

Final Sea Salt and Lightning Emissions - Technical Memo 12, June 25, 2012
  • TThe joint review call for the Mobile and Sea Salt / Lightning emissions memos was held Monday July 2, 2012.
Final Emissions Modeling Parameters Technical Memo 13, September 30, 2013

WestJumpAQMS – Meteorology Materials

Final Report - Weather Research Forecast (WRF) Meteorological Modeling Technical Report, February 29, 2012

WRF Model Performance Evaluation products for 4km domain by site: Draft Weather Research Forecast (WRF) Meteorological Modeling Technical Report - Response-to-Comments document, February 29, 2012