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Clean Air Legislative Workshop
How State Policies Fit in the Federal Framework

San Francisco, California · Galleria Park Hotel · June 3, 2005

Final Agenda

(Updated June 1, 2005)

This workshop will discuss legislative options to help states implement provisions of the Clean Air Act and recently adopted EPA rules.  It will engage participants in a dialogue that explores the role of states in crafting policies to meet their own environmental and public health needs within the context of regional and national programs.

Friday, June 3, 2005

Cactus Room
8:00 – 8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 am	Introductions and Objectives
8:45 – 10:30 am	Mercury Emission Control Strategies Discussion of EPA's recently issued Clean Air Mercury Rule that establishes a cap-and-trade program to reduce emissions form coal-fired power plants by 70 percent in 2018, and state legislation and regulations designed to achieve greater reductions quicker using other control measures.  How will more stringent state programs operate within a national cap-and-trade program?  How can federal and state programs complement each other? Larry Morandi, National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, Colorado Michael Rossler, Edison Electric Institute, Washington, D.C. John Walke, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C. (via telephone) Kenneth Colburn, New Hampshire (former executive director, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, Boston, Massachusetts)
10:30 – Noon	California's Low Emission Vehicle and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program Discussion of Clean Air Act provisions that allow states to adopt either EPA's or California's mobile source emission standards.  How do EPA's Tier II standards compare to California's Low Emission Vehicle (LEV II) standards in achieving reductions?  Which states have adopted California's standards?   What is the process for doing so? Karl Simon, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Charles Shulock, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, California Kenneth Colburn, New Hampshire (former executive director, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, Boston, Massachusetts)  Senator Eric Poulsen, Washington
Noon – 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 pm	State Roundtable Back from lunch, brief vignettes from the states about what went on and what lies ahead this session.
1:30 – 2:30 pm	Air Quality in National Parks Discussion of how emissions from motor vehicles, power plants, natural gas drilling, and agricultural operations are leading to greater ozone formation and nitrogen deposition in national parks.  This not only affects visibility, but park ecosystems through changes in soils and water quality.  What types of state and federal policy options can reverse these trends? Christine Shaver, National Park Service, Denver, Colorado Stuart Clark, President, Western States Air Resources Council, Seattle, Washington
2:30 – 3:30 pm	Port Pollution Discussion of how the rapid expansion of ports on the East, West and Gulf coasts to accept increasing imports is triggering public concerns about the health effects of diesel fumes and other port-related pollutants in the transportation sector.  Review of recent California legislation and examples of successful port pollution control programs. Senator Alan Lowenthal, California Jim McGrath, Manager, Port of Oakland Environmental Planning Department, Oakland, California Karl Simon, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
3:30 – 4:00 pm	Lessons Learned and Adjournment

  Clean Air

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