How does the State of Alaska develop and implement air programs

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How does the State of Alaska develop and
implement air programs?
Part 2

• Presented By
• Alice Edwards and Clint Farr
• Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
• Improve and Protect Air Quality In AlaskaA
  Workshop for Environmental Staff in Native
  Villages U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
  The Institute for Tribal Environmental
  Professionals, and The Alaska Inter-Tribal
  Council
• November 6 - 8, 2007

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Objectives

• Learn how to find out about sources you are
  concerned about
• Learn about common controls for point and area
  sources
• Learn what Alaska is doing about air quality
  problems

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How do I find out about sources I am concerned
about?
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Internet Information on Air Pollution

• ADEC air quality web site
• http//www.dec.state.ak.us/air/
• Information on permit programs, vehicle programs,
  monitoring, rural dust, fire and smoke
  management, fine particulates, etc.
• EPA Region 10 air quality web site
• http//yosemite.epa.gov/R10/AIRPAGE.NSF/webpage/Ai
  rQuality
• EPA Office of Air Radiation web site
• http//www.epa.gov/oar/
• EPA Office of Transportation Air Quality web
  site
• http//www.epa.gov/otaq/

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Internet Information on Air Pollution

• Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) web site
• http//www.wrapair.org/
• Dust resources http//www.wrapair.org/forums/dejf
  /index.html
• Fire resources http//www.wrapair.org/forums/fejf
  /index.html
• Tribal resources http//www.wrapair.org/tribal/in
  dex.htm
• Tribal Data Development Workgroup
  http//www.wrapair.org/forums/tddwg/index.html

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Agency Program Contacts

• Use the Alaska contact list to find state agency
  staff that can help you
• Located in Notebook
• Contact EPA Region 10 staff
• EPA Contact List in Notebook
• Mary Manous, Tribal Air Program Lead Alaska
  Tribes [phone]manous.mary_at_epa.gov

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Western Regional Air Partnership Contacts

• Lewis McLeod WRAP Tribal Co-DirectorNational
  Tribal Environmental Council 5309 Whispering
  Pines Dr.Ronan, Montana 59864 T (406)
  675-3166F [phone] M (253)
  203-5547lmcleod_at_ntec.org
• Ken Cronin
• Tribal Caucus Coordinator /Regional Planning
  Organization Specialist (WRAP)National Tribal
  Environmental Council 2501 Rio Grande Bl.
  NWAlbuquerque, NM 87104T [phone]F
  [phone]kcronin_at_ntec.org
• National Tribal Environmental Council
• http//www.ntec.org/

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Common Controls for Air Pollution Sources
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Industrial (Stationary Source) Controls

• Permit programs limit emissions
• Operational controls and best practices
• Fuel sulfur limits
• Plant maintenance
• Control Devices
• Venturi Scrubbers
• Baghouses for particulate matter (coal plants)
• Selective Catalytic Reduction (NOx control)
• Low NOx Burners
• Electrostatic Precipitators
• Flares
• Thermal and catalytic incinerators
• Condensers

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Area Source Controls

• Residential Wood Burning
• Only burn seasoned wood and dont let the fire
  smolder
• Maintain your wood burning device
• Change out programs to provide cleaner burning
  devices
• Wood burning bans on poor air quality days

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Area Source Controls

• Open Burning
• Do not burn plastics, oil, or anything that
  causes black smoke
• Limit or avoid burning on poor air quality days
• Use a community burn box designed to burn more
  efficiently
• Consider where you are burning and where the
  smoke is going who are you impacting?
• Open burning bans are common in many other parts
  of the country

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Dust Controls

• Road maintenance activities
• Dust palliatives
• Road surfacing
• Street Sweeping
• Watering
• Limit speeds to reduce dust
• Personal Controls
• Drive slowly on dirt roads
• Avoid unnecessary driving on dusty days
• Cover loads of dirt
• Use wheel washers to help keep down track out
  from construction sites
• Consider traffic limitations in certain sensitive
  areas

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Dust Controls

• Further Information on Dust Control
• Course notebook contains some resources
• Western Regional Air Partnership Dust Forum
• Fugitive Dust Handbook http//www.wrapair.org/for
  ums/dejf/fdh/index.html

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On-road Mobile Source Controls

• Engine emission certification and fuel standards
• Alternative fuels, reformulated gasoline
• Keep engine and exhaust system in good repair
• Inspection Maintenance programs
• Reduce miles driven
• Carpool
• Transit
• Link Trips
• Do I need to drive or could I walk?
• Plug-in during cold weather
• 20 degrees or colder
• Retrofits to reduce pollution from heavy duty
  diesel vehicles

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Non-Road Mobile Source Controls

• Engine emission certification and fuel standards
• Fuel sulfur standards
• Maintain engines
• Retrofits to reduce pollution
• Heavy equipment controls catalysts/traps
• Buy cleaner engines
• 4 stroke vs 2 stroke
• Reduce ATV/snow machine use
• Do I need to drive or could I walk?
• Recreation vs non-recreational use

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What is Alaska Doing About Air Quality Problems?
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Alaska Air Quality Programs

• Industry Focused Programs
• Protect air quality through permit limits and
  requirements
• Provide efficient permitting process that meets
  federal and state requirements
• Community Focused Programs
• Work with communities to identify air quality
  problems
• Work with communities to find best solutions for
  identified problems
• Develop effective partnerships to address
  concerns

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Alaska Air Quality Programs

• Air Quality Monitoring Network
• Assess air quality to identify problem areas
• Track air quality in known problem areas
• Conduct quality assurance activities for data
  collection
• Diesel Retrofit Program
• Apply for grants and projects to reduce diesel
  emissions
• Partner with other agencies
• School buses, stationary engines, non-road heavy
  duty vehicles

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Alaska Air Quality Programs

• Open burn approvals and Smoke Management
• Burns greater than 40 acres require an ADEC
  approval and must meet certain requirements
• Controlled burns for habitat management
• Land clearing and agricultural burns
• Firefighter training burns fuel and structure
• Black smoke
• Smoke management program to address smoke impacts
  from planned fire events
• Permit programs for industrial facilities
• Permits prior to construction of new facilities
• Prevent deterioration of air quality
• Operating permits for existing facilities
• Insure that standards are not violated
• Address federal hazardous air pollution
  requirements

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Alaska Air Quality Programs

• Fairbanks and Anchorage Carbon Monoxide Control
  Strategies
• Vehicle Inspection Maintenance Programs
• Oxygen sensor replacement program (Fairbanks)
• Transit, van pools, and other trip reduction
  measures
• Public outreach and education
• Plugging-in vehicles in cold temperatures
• Electrifying parking lots (Fairbanks)
• Providing incentives for block heaters
  (Anchorage)
• Regional Haze and Visibility in Class I Areas
• SIP under development for four Alaska Class I
  areas
• Focus on smoke management and retrofit of certain
  old industrial sources (BART)

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Alaska Air Quality Programs

• Juneau/Mendenhall Valley Non-attainment Area PM10
  Plan
• Wood smoke control program bans burning during
  air quality episodes
• Road paving to reduce road dust
• Eagle River Non-attainment Area PM10 Plan
• Road paving to reduce road dust
• Wildfire Smoke and Volcanic Ash Response
• Wildfire smoke advisories during fire season
• Coordination through Alaska Wildland Fire
  Coordinating Group
• Volcanic ash advisories during eruptions
• Information on how to protect yourself during
  events

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Alaska Air Quality Programs

• Rural Dust
• Work with communities to determine problems and
  potential solutions
• Work with EPA, DOT and other agencies to pilot
  test potential control options in rural
  communities
• Dust palliatives
• Road watering
• Paving
• Develop public education and outreach materials
  to address personal controls and choices
• Attempt to identify potential funding sources for
  dust controls

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Alaska Air Quality Programs

• Wood smoke
• Public education and outreach materials
• Wood burning device options
• Better burning practices
• Work with communities on local programs
• Provide technical assistance on wood burning
  programs
• Fuels programs
• Regulations for oxygenated (ethanol) fuel
  requirements
• CO control program - currently suspended
• Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel
• Work with EPA, industry, and communities to
  provide for a reasonable transition to meet EPA
  requirements