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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAir Quality Advisory Board - Minutes - 12/18/1995AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD DECEMBER 18, 1995 PAGE 1 MINUTES CITY OF FORT COLLINS AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING 281 CONFERENCE ROOM - 281 N. COLLEGE AVE. DECEMBER 18,1995 For Reference: John Fooks, AQAB Chair - 229-5225 Will Smith, Staff Liaison - 223-0425 Brian Woodruff, Staff Liaison - 221-6604 Board Members Present John Fooks, Eric Levine, Pete Perkins, Harry Edwards, Lynne Baker, John Scanlon and Bill Eckert Board Members Absent Susan Bilo and Nancy York Staff Present Natural Resources Department Staff: Linda Devocelle, Brian Woodruff, Susan Caplan, Sally Maggart Guests None The meeting was called to order at 4:35 p.m. Agenda Review No changes were made. Approval of Minutes With the following changes, the minutes of the November 20, 1995 meeting were approved as written. Harry Edwards noted that in the first paragraph on Page 4, it might be clearer to say "preventing cross media transfer" instead of"cross media transfer". AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD DECEMBER 18, 1995 PAGE 2 Review Action Log The Board reviewed and revised the items (revision attached). Committee Reports A. State Implementation Plan (Harry, Pete, Eric) No report. B. Brown Cloud 3 (John F.) Susan Caplan, Environmental Planner, said that Rich Shannon, Light & Power Director, is willing to participate in the funding for the particulate sampling. John Fooks added that the mayors of other towns are discussing matching the $26,000 that Fort Collins is committing. Caplan added that the push is to get the small particulate sampling system installed in Fort Collins. She said it will be useful for source apportionment on visibility degradation. Edwards said that he is not clear on how to do the source apportionment without having contemporaneous source measurements. Caplan said that different elements in the elemental analysis can be looked at and profile situations that show concentrations of elements by characterizing the proportion of the different elements by a signature from the source Eric Levine asked if specific sources will be identified Caplan answered that, when paired with others, a good guess can be made as to the particulate source Fooks noted that Doug Lawson is the contractor working for CSU and he can provide more information. C. New Source Review (Eric) The committee has met. D. Transit Development Committee (Susan Bilo) No report. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Emissions Trading Fooks reported he had talked with Kirsten King about the emissions trading program design. He said that generic emissions trading will be voluntary; if you bank credits and sell them, you cannot get them back. John Scanlon asked if a certain amount of credits are removed as part of the banking process. Fooks answered that there is no cap at this point; after a five year period they are gone. Scanlon asked about the benefits of the banking program. Fooks answered that the program works toward no growth in emissions over a period of years. Scanlon said he heard that where banking is available, percentages can be lost, and are dependent upon the area in question and benefits to the community. Fooks noted that the key word for the proposed program is AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD DECEMBER 18, 1995 PAGE 3 "voluntary". He said it could become a mandatory program with a definite cap depending on the trend of Colorado's future air emissions. Such a measure would require a revision of the SIP and most highly regulated industries would not opt for that. Fooks asked the Board what it thought it's role should be regarding emissions trading. Brian Woodruff; Environmental Planner, said the Board needs to look at how emissions trading relates to the Air Quality Plan goals. He added that such a program might not help Fort Collins at all in reducing overall emissions. Scanlon noted that if you do not bank all the emissions, there is an impact because the lost emissions go back to the community. Woodruff said that he would like an issue paper from the State. Lynne Baker said the Board should keep aware of the issue, but nothing more than that for now. AQ Plan Biennial Review (continued) Woodruff noted that Chapter IV of the report covers current air quality conditions. He said there is a change in the date of the Council Study Session; it is now scheduled for March 12. Woodruff said staff is interested in comments from the Board in order to make it a better document and correct any mistakes that might have been made. He distributed Chapter III , which is a review of what happened the last three years through the Air Quality Action Plan. Caplan noted that there is one table for each program area in Chapter III. Woodruff presented a Draft of some of the AQAP strategies staff had brainstormed and said the Board would be asked to rate them according to effectiveness and feasible prior to their special January 8 special meeting. Woodruff said that staff will send out strategy sheets by December 22. Woodruff said it was very important board member add any strategies they felt strongly about. Fooks suggested making sure that the packet information is specific for the members not present at this meeting. Woodruff said staff will do their best to make the narrative clear; he noted that the VMT part is difficult. Levine said that evaluating the VMT growth should be a priority for the year. Fooks noted that environmental indicators change frequently. He cited VMT as being a strong indicator two years ago, but it may not be a good environmental indicator for air quality now. Fooks added that the State is moving towards more trendable indicators of direct measurements of CO and particulates in the atmosphere. Woodruff said that if the Board wants Council to change the indicators in air quality planning, they will have the opportunity to propose an amendment to the Air Quality Policy Plan. Fooks noted that Council was advised through the Board's Work Plan that there would be a review of indicators. AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD DECEMBER 18, 1995 PAGE 4 AO Biennial Review Timeline and AQAB Involvement Linda Devocelle noted that the AQAP timeline is being moved back two weeks to a month because the Council Study Session is being changed from February 20 to March 12. She said general public mailing list is also being updated to determine which groups and individuals want to remain on the AQAP comment and review list. Currently their are 400+ names on the list. Devocelle added that there will be a news conference in late January and it will be appropriate for Board members to attend. NEW BUSINESS 1996 AOAB Work Plan Fooks said the Board needs to address its work plan and how to develop specific items into goals and objectives. Perkins said this process should evolve during the biennial review. Woodruff added that if the Board has projects it wants to pursue on air quality, they should be included in Plan presented to Council for adoption April., i.e., Board Work Plan items--1. Form a committee on the New Source Review; 2. Increase knowledge of the Board members; 3. Review the Congestion Management Plan options; 4. Conduct a benchmark study. Devocelle said that Woodruff is referring to the fact that what is passed for the next three years will determine how staff time is spent. She added that the Board needs to look closely at the relationship between its work plan and the final AQAP that is presented to Council. However, that does not mean that other projects could not be undertaken. The meeting adjourned at 6:35 p.m.. The Board will meet on January 8 to review proposed AQAP strategies. The regular board meeting is January 22. The February meeting will be on the 20'". All meetings will commence at 4:30 p.m. 1. New Source Review Committee to Convene. Brian/Eric Nov d 2. SIP committee to convene and develop Harry, Pete, Dec recommendations on CO contingency plan. Eric 3. Complete text and forward 1996 AQAP to City Linda/John Nov 30 ✓ Clerk. 4. Send memo to Council regarding wood smoke and Brian/Linda Nov f radon ordinances, recommend both ordinances be developed together on a parallel track. 5. Check with Bill Eckert to see if meeting time still Linda Dec d works for him. 6. Forward memo to Council and the Technical Brian Nov Advisory Group endorsing the Larimer CountyPZ Program.