Midwest Air Quality Workshop April 2014

(Credit: Parker Botanical)

Midwest and Central States Air Quality Workshop

April 22-24, 2014
Drury Plaza Hotel at the Arch
St. Louis, MO

Meeting Objective: The Workshop brought together air quality researchers who have a focus on the central and midwestern portions of the U.S., technical state agency staff, and federal regulatory agency staff to share current research, methodologies, and projects. Session topics included emissions, data analyses, and modeling.

 

April 22, 2014

Welcome, Introductions, and Air Quality Overview (Rob Kaleel, LADCO; Theresa Pella, CenSARA; Kirk Baker, US EPA OAQPS)

Overview of Central and Midwestern States Air Quality Issues: Design Values, Nonattainment (Theresa Pella, CenSARA; Donna Kenski, LADCO)

Ammonia Session

Elevated Winter Nitrate in the Upper Midwest (Charles Stanier, University of Iowa)

Process Based Ammonia Emissions Estimates (Margaret McCourtney, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency)

Modeling and Observational Constraints of NH3 Emissions and Sources of Nitrogen Deposition (Daven Henze, University of Colorado at Boulder)

Ammonia Monitoring Network (David Gay, Illinois State Water Survey)

Oil & Gas  Session

Development of EPA Oil and Gas Emissions Calculator Tool (Roy Huntley, US EPA OAQPS)

Satellite Signatures of Trace Gases Associated with US Oil and Gas Extraction FY 14 AQAST Project (Debra Kollonige, University of Maryland; Brad Pierce, NOAA)

Status of Methane Emission Studies Across the Natural Gas System Andrew Williams, Environmental Defense Fund)
 

April 23, 2014

Emissions Modeling Session

Relationships and Trends among Satellite NO2 Column and NOX Emissions (David Streets, Argonne National Lab)

What Can Year-long Hourly Measurements Tell Us About Emissions? (Benjamin de Foy, Saint Louis University)

Coordinating Research Council Project: State-Supported MOVES Input Improvements (John Koupal, Eastern Research Group)

ERTAC EGU Model and Compare/Contrast to IPM (Mark Janssen, LADCO)

Characterizing Growth in the Power Sector for Regional Air Quality Modeling (Bob Lopez, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources)

Residential Fuel Combustion Inventory and Projections (Melissa Kuskie, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency)

Compare/Contrast of MEGAN and BEIS (Kirk Baker, US EPA)

Meteorological and Air Quality Modeling Session

CMAQ and CAMx Overview and Recent Updates Chris Emery, Environ)

IWRF Meteorological Model Evaluation (avid Brown, State of Iowa)

LADCO’s 2011 and 2018 Ozone Modeling (Alex Cohan, LADCO)

IWAQM3: Single Source Long Range Transport (Bret Anderson, USFS)

IWAQM3: Near-Field Secondary Impacts (Kirk Baker, US EPA)

Transport/Source Apportionment Session

2011 Based Source Contribution and Sensitivity Modeling (Kirk Baker, US EPA)

Quantifying Source Contributions to O3 and PM2.5 Pollution Episodes across the Eastern US AQAST Project (Tracey Holloway, University of Wisconsin at Madison)

SEMAP 2018 Ozone and PM2.5 Projections and Ozone Transport Modeling (Jim Boylan, Georgia DEP)

Exceptional Events, Fires, and Background Air Quality Session

Quantifying Regional Background Ozone for Houston, TX (Jim Smith, TCEQ)

Flint Hills Exceptional Event Technical Demonstration (Kenneth Craig and Lyle Chinkin, Sonoma Technology)

Impact of Western State Fires on the Central and Midwest US (Tom Moore, WRAP)

DEASCO3 Project and WRAP Tools- Purpose and Usefulness for the Central and Midwestern States (Tom Moore, WRAP)
 

April 24, 2014

Single Source Modeling for Secondary Pollutants (near field/long range) Session 

LADCO Approach to Single Source Modeling (Alex Cohan, LADCO)

Development and Application of PM2.5 Interpollutant Trading Ratios to Account for PM2.5 Secondary Formation in Georgia (Jim Boylan, Georgia DEP)

1-hr SO2 NAAQS Panel – Designations, Permitting, SIP Work

State Technical Work Highlights

LADCO States (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)

CenSARA States (AR, IA, KS, LA, MO, NE, OK, TX)

Meeting summary and group discussion on workshop reactions and next steps