U.S. EPA's 2010 National Air Quality Conference - TUESDAY, Raleigh, North Carolina

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TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010

7:30 am – 8:30 am

Registration – State Ballroom Foyer

7:30 am – 8:30 am

Morning Refreshments/Exhibits and Posters – State Ballroom ABC + State Ballroom Foyer

8:00 am – 8:30 am

Daily Forecast Briefing – State Ballroom DEF
Cary Gentry, Forsyth County Environmental Affairs Department

8:30 am – 9:00 am

OPENING PLENARY SESSION
Welcome, Introductions and Overview
Phil Dickerson, AIRNow Program Manager, US EPA, OAQPS (PPT, 1MB)
Charles Meeker, Mayor of Raleigh
Manly Wilder, Deputy Secretary, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

9:30 am – 10:30 am

NAAQS Update: What’s Coming
Moderator: Alison Davis, US EPA, OAQPS

10:30am – 11:15 am

Overview: (PPT, 1.8MB)
Lydia Wegman, Director Health and Environmental Impacts Division, US EPA, OAQPS
Monitoring Requirements: (PPT, 8MB)
Lew Weinstock, Group Leader, Ambient Air Monitoring Group, US EPA, OAQPS
Q&A Panel:
Lydia Wegman, US EPA, OAQPS
Lew Weinstock, US EPA, OAQPS
Scott Mathias, Associate Director, Air Quality Policy Division, US EPA, OAQPS
Susan Stone, Ambient Standards Group, US EPA, OAQPS

10:30 am – 11:00 am

BREAK

11:00 am – Noon

Media Panel: What Does It Take To Get Air Quality Stories To Run?
Moderator:
Tom Mather, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Greg Fishel, Chief Meteorologist, WRAL-TV, Raleigh
Lee Ringer, Meteorologist, News 14 Carolina
Richard Stradling, Deputy Metro Editor, The News & Observer, Raleigh
Jack Betts, Columnist, The Charlotte Observer

Noon – 1:30 pm

LUNCH (on your own)

AIR QUALITY FORECASTING, MAPPING, AND MONITORING STATE BALLROOM DEF	COMMUNICATING AIR QUALITY UNIVERSITY BALLROOM
Cross-Cutting Issues for Forecasting and Monitoring	Communicating the NAAQS Revisions and Other Issues: A Roundtable Discussion
1:30 pm –3:00 pm	1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Moderator: John White, EPA OAQPS 2009: A Year of AIRNow Changes and Milestones (PPT, 8.9MB) Alan Chan, Sonoma Technology, Inc. Forecasting Short Term Unhealthy Air Quality Using the 3 Hour Multipollutant AQHI Method for Mountain Valley Locations (PDF, 715KB) Daniel Riley, Vermont Air Pollution Control The Importance of Meteorological Data in Exceptional Events Analysis (PPT, 3.9MB) Paul Roberts, Sonoma Technology, Inc. Assessing PM2.5 Background Levels and Local Add-On (PPT, 4.2MB) Bryan Lambeth, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality	Moderator: Jamie Arno, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District How Can We Communicate a Seasonal Ozone Standard (W126)? (PPT, 1.8MB) Victoria Sandiford, EPA, OAQPS Demystifying the W126 Statistic (PPT, 106KB) David Mintz, US EPA, OAQPS Panel Jackie Ashley, US EPA, OAQPS Alison Davis, US EPA, OAQPS
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm BREAK
Cross-Cutting Issues continued	Environmental Justice
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm	3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Moderator: Cary Gentry, Forsyth County Environmental Affairs Department Implementing a Continuous PM 2.5 Federal Equivalent Method (FEM) for NAAQS Comparisons and AQI Reporting In The Missouri Ambient Air Monitoring Network (PDF, 470KB) Stephen Hall, Missouri Department of Natural Resources Finding That Elusive Pot of Gold-How to Network Your Shelter (PPT, 1.8MB) Jennifer Bradley, Polk County-Air Quality The City of Houston’s Mobile Ambient Air Monitoring Lab: A Look Back and the View Ahead (PPT, 9.6MB) James Rhubottom, City of Houston Health and Human Services The What, Where, When and Why of Wintertime Ozone Formation – Results of the 2009 Wyoming Ozone Technical Forum (PPT, 4.4MB) Robert Baxter, T&B Systems	Moderator: Donna Rogers, US EPA, OAQPS Laura McKelvey, EPA Community and Tribal Programs Exploring Impactful Ways to Share Information Collected in an Environmental Justice Community (PDF,4.8MB) Erik Saganic and Amy Warren, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

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