NW-AIRQUEST 2010 Annual Meeting

Wednesday, March 31st, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

1:00Opening remarks, logistics, and introductions (Jeffrey Stocum)
1:15ODEQ Welcome (Joni Hammond, ODEQ Deputy Director)
1:25AIRPACT (Air Indicator Report for Public Awareness and Community Tracking): Update on activity since Fall 2009
(WSU, Brian Lamb, Joe Vaughan)
Air Pollutant Deposition Modeling in the Pacific Northwest
1:40AIRPACT: Agency future needs and AIRPACT development (WSU, Brian Lamb, Joe Vaughan)
2:10AIRPACT: Realistic goals in next 12 months (WSU, Brian Lamb, Joe Vaughan)
2:20Boise 4 km AIRPACT domain (WSU, Joe Vaughan)
2:50BREAK
3:10WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) modeling update: Changes in last 18 months (UW, Cliff Mass)
3:30ClearSky status update (part 1)ClearSky status update (part 2) – (WSU, Joe Vaughan)
4:00Portland Air Toxics Study (PATS) – (ODEQ, Phil Allen)
4:45Open discussion and wrap up
5:00Adjourn for the day

Thursday, April 1st, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

8:30Feasibility and utility of adding levoglucosan to the standard suite of PM2.5 speciated data analyses – (PSCAA, Mike Gilroy)
9:00PMF analysis of Tacoma’s speciation data – “Sources of Fine Particles in the Wapato Hills-Puyallup River Valley PM2.5 Nonattainment Area” (WA Ecology , David Ogulei)
9:30Analysis of nitrate in the Columbia Basin – (WA Ecology, Ranil Dhammapala)
10:00BREAK
10:20Update on Fairbanks RARE Project – (EPA, Rob Elleman)
11:15Wintertime Boise study (part 1)Wintertime Boise study (part 2) – (IDEQ/WSU)
12:00LUNCH
1:30EI Workgroup Report, including an analysis of the inventory relative to past inventories – (WA Ecology, Sally Otterson)
2:00Speciation Workgroup Report on workgroup activities – (EPA, Robert Kotchenruther)
2:30Overview of each state’s efforts on performing the EPA required every-5-year monitoring network assessments:
Washington (Ranil Dhammapala)
— Idaho (Sara Strachan)
— Oregon (Anthony Barnack)
3:15BREAK
3:352009 Oregon Residential Wood Combustion Survey – (ODEQ, Chris Swab)
4:15WSU temperature correction to wood stove emissions – (WSU, Joe Vaughan)
4:45Open discussion and wrap up
5:00Adjourn for the day

Friday, April 2nd, 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

8:30Budget (Rob Elleman, Mike Gilroy, Bruce Louks, Jeff Johnson, Phil Allen, and others)
9:30Update on strategy to increase number of financial contributors (Rob Elleman and Mike Gilroy)
10:00BREAK
10:20Defining NW-AIRQUEST, and how should we talk about these groups to our managers and external groups? (Rob Elleman and others)
12:00Adjourn the Annual Meeting