BART website

NOx evaluation process to address regional haze, ozone and Rocky Mountain National Park nitrogen

Public Meetings and Presentations

Public Comments and Response

Rules

WRAP Technical Support System
(Data source for SIP development)

Links

Air Pollution Control Division

Regional Haze

 BART (Best Available Retrofit Technology)

• BART website with information on BART rule development, technical documents and presentations

Regional Haze State Implementation Plan

• State Implementation Plan Adopted December 2008
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
• Regional Haze Plan Part F: Best Available Retrofit Technology

• Technical Support Documents 
  • Colorado Impact to Nearby Class I Areas
  • Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument
  • Douglas and Ripple Creek Passes
  • Eagles Nest Wilderness
  • Great Sand Dunes National Monument
  • La Garita Wilderness
  • Maroon Bells Wilderness
  • Mesa Verde National Park
  • Mount Zirkel Wilderness
  • Rawah Wilderness
  • Rocky Mountain National Park
  • Weminuche Wilderness
  • West Elk Wilderness

• Weight of Evidence Profile 
  • Great Sand Dunes
  • Mesa Verde
  • Mount Zirkel Wilderness
  • Rocky Mountain National Park
  • Weminuche Wilderness
  • White River

Additional Information

• BBC Report: Colorado Major Stationary Source Control Cost Analysis for SO2 and NOx Emissions
• Regional Haze Primer : (PDF, 15 pages) Covers the basics of regional haze in Colorado and what must be done about it.
• Air Quality Related Values , (PDF, 30 pages) air quality trends in Colorado including visibility and atmospheric deposition of pollutants
• Issue Paper for deciding between 308 and 309 Path (April, 2002)

Public Comments/Responses to Comments

• Reasonable Progress Comment and Response Q&A Vol. IV
• Reasonable Progress Comment and Response Q&A Vol. III
• Reasonable Progress Comment and Response Q&A Vol. II 
• Reasonable Progress Comment and Response Q&A Vol I
• EPA Comments  
• Andayko Petroleum Corp. and Noble Energy, Inc. comments  
• Colorado Utilities Coalition for Clean Air comments  
• Local Government/Environmental Coalition comments  

Division Responses to Public Comments on Draft State Implementation Plan

• Response to Environmental Defense
• Response to Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action
• Response to U.S. National Park Service
• Response to U.S. Department of the Interior
• Response to U.S. Department of Agriculture - National Forest Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Website for federal land managers' comments on state regional haze plans

• USFS Regional Haze Comments Site

Public Meetings and Presentations

May 21, 2009, AQCC Retreat

• Coordinating the Development of Plans for Ozone/Regional Haze/RMNP

January 15, 2009 Air Quality Control Commission Meeting

• Presentation: Regional Haze Planning

April 17, 2008 Air Quality Control Commission Meeting

• Presentation: Regional Haze Update  

April 9, 2008 Stakeholder Meeting

• Regional Haze Stakeholder Opinion Survey  
• Presentation: Colorado Regional Haze SIP Reasonable Progress -- APCD
• Presentation: NOx and the Weekend Effect -- Local Government and Environmental Group Coalition 
• Presentation: Regional Haze: Reasonable Progress  

March 17, 2008 Stakeholder Meeting

• Presentation: Colorado Regional Haze SIP Reasonable Progress
• Presentation: PM From Mobile Sources
• Presentation: Colorado Utilities Coalition

February 27, 2008 Stakeholder Meeting

• Presentation: Colorado Regional Haze SIP Reasonable Progress

February 11, 2008 Stakeholder Meeting

• Presentation: "Reasonable Progress and Significance"
• Rationale in Determining Significance

October 2, 2007 Status Conference

• Presentation: Significant Source Categories Contributing to Regional Haze at Colorado Class I Areas Using the Emissions Trace

July 19, 2007 Public Hearing Regional Haze Workshop

• Presentation: Colorado Regional Haze State Implementation Plan Public Hearing III

February 15, 2007 Public Hearing Regional Haze Workshop

• Presentation: Colorado Regional Haze State Implementation Plan Public Hearing II

September 21, 2006, Air Quality Control Commission Meeting

• Public Hearing on Regional Haze SIP Development Workshop , including white paper.

• Regional Haze SIP Presentation (Each part approximately 1 mb in size)

  • Part 1

  • Part 2

  • Part 3

  • Part 4

• Response to Public Comments from Hearing

  • Response Document

  • Response attachment: Photo Spectrums (Word Doc)

  • Response attachment: Nephelometer Information

May 2006 Air Quality Control Commission Meeting

• General Briefing: Colorado Plan for Regional Haze: Issues and Process

• Timeline: SIP Development Schedule

• Tagged Species Source Apportionment Modeling

August 2005 Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) meeting:

• BART CALPUFF Modeling Handout : Draft Individual Source Attribution Modeling Approach

• Draft BART Issues and Division Responses

July 2005 Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) stakeholders meeting:

• Introductory presentation

• Overview of BART

• List of BART eligible sources in Colorado

February 17, 2005, Air Quality Control Commission Meeting

• Attribution of Haze Report , Western Regional Air Partnership

January 20, 2005 Regional Haze Subcommittee Meeting:

• January 20 SIP Overview Presentation

• January 20 BART Process Presentation

Rules

• Regional Haze Rule (PDF file, 62 pages)

• State BART Rule

Links to Other Regional Haze Sites

• EPA Visibility Program

• IMPROVE: Interagency Monitoring Site

• Western Regional Air Partnership
  • Technical Support System
  • WRAP Emission Inventories for 2018 PRP
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Website for federal land managers' comments on state regional haze plans
  • USFS Regional Haze Comments Site

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