The Effect of Ozone Transport on Western Michigan Background and Historical Perspective

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The Effect of Ozone Transport on Western
MichiganBackground and Historical Perspective

• Lou Pocalujka
• Environmental Laboratory Services
• Consumers Energy
• Jackson, Michigan

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The Energy Policy Act of 2005

• Sec. 996
• Western Michigan Demonstration Project

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The Administrator of the EPA

• In consultation with
• Shall conduct a demonstration project
• Shall assess any difficulties such areas may
  experience in meeting the 8-hour NAAQS
• Shall determine the extent of ozone and ozone
  precursor transport
• Assess alternatives to achieve compliance

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And Now for the Historical Perspective

• In the beginning, there was

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The Original SIP Mindset

• If your county has a nonattainment problem, your
  county has to fix it.

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Enter Reality

• Via Science and Rational Thought

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But to do this, we (Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois
and Indiana) need to pony up 12,000,000 to
13,000,000
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Enter Reality

• Via Science and Litigation

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I need a model that can deal with the real
situation in and around Lake Michigan.
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Ozone nonattainment around Lake Michigan begat
rational scientific thought and litigation.
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Rational scientific thought and litigation begat
a MOA

• (and 12,000,000 to 13,000,000)

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The MOA money begat the Lake Michigan Ozone
Study
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LMOS begat the Lake Michigan Air Directors
Consortium (LADCO)
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LADCO begat a lot of things (most of them good).

• A philosophical shift in dealing with regional
  air quality issues.
• A forum for regional cooperation
• A body of science
• Regional air quality, meteorological and
  emissions models
• Attainment of the old 1-hour ozone standard
• The foundation for attainment of the 1997 ozone
  and PM 2.5 NAAQS
• The foundation for attainment of the new ozone
  and PM 2.5 NAAQS

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LADCO was the logical choice to conduct the EPA
study required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.