The next UBOWG meeting is on Tuesday, February 12 at 2:00 Mountain Time. As always we will have video conferencing and phone-in available. For those meeting in Denver, the video conference will be at Western Energy Alliance again:

• Vernal – USU campus in Vernal (320 N. Aggie Blvd.) in Room 101.  Come through the main entrance, and it is the first door on your left.
• Salt Lake City – Ray Quinney & Nebeker, 36 South State Street, Suite 1400 (parking available in City Creek parking structure)
• Denver – Western Energy Alliance, 1775 Sherman St., Suite 2700 (ask for Stuart Siffring)

Phone in information:

• One tap mobile +17207072699,,941233577# US
    +16465588656,,941233577# US (New York)
• Dial by your location +1 720 707 2699 US; +1 646 558 8656 US
  §  Meeting ID: 941 233 577

• §  Zoom meeting: https://zoom.us/u/abHlDbxYdJ

If you have trouble joining the meeting, please contact Doris at RQN (801-323-3418) or IT specialist Gabriel (801-323-3482).

Meeting Agenda

1. Update on ozone conditions in the Basin this winter
   a. Northern Ute Tribe Air Quality Division
   b. Utah Division of Air Quality
   c. Ozone Alerts – overview of recent alerts, notification process and
   version 2.0
2. Learning from Wyoming program (Wyoming spreadsheet ) to track and recognize ozone event
   voluntary/contingency measures
3. Industry update on list of voluntary measures
4. Creating comprehensive industry list for alerts, reporting, and recognition
5. BLM plans for meteorological measurement systems in the Basin
6. Other issues and next meeting

USU Bingham Research Center is putting together a technical workshop about winter air quality modeling (with a focus on winter ozone).

You can find information about it and register here: https://binghamresearch.usu.edu/wintermodelworkshop. We hope you will be able to attend.

The goals of the workshop are to

• coordinate work being done by different research groups
• ensure that research and regulatory agendas for modeling are integrated and cohesive.

We welcome participants from academia, regulatory agencies, and industry (including industry consultants). The agenda (posted on the web page) is still tentative, so let me know if there is anything in it that you think could be improved. Also, please pass this information to anyone else who may be interested.

At the January 8 meeting,

1. The Steering Committee was introduced: Dave McNeill, Utah Division of Air Quality; Bill Stringer, Uintah County; Mike Natchees, Northern Ute Air Quality Division; Debbie Burney‐Sigman, Breathe Utah; Bob Hammer, SLC Consulting; Chris Colclasure, Beatty & Wozniak; Stuart Siffring, Western Energy Alliance; James Woodall, Newfield; Marc Mansfield, Utah State University
2. The revised Mission Statement was issued for public comment until Feb 12: The Uinta Basin Ozone Working Group is a collaborative forum to facilitate attainment of the ozone standard in the Uinta Basin. The Group includes representation from all government decision‐makers in the Uinta Basin, regulators, stakeholders, and experts. We aim to find and support solutions through increased understanding of high ozone incidents in the Basin, improved communication, and exploration of known and novel responses.
3. WEA presented a compilation of emissions reductions measures: overview slideshow and comprehensive list.

The next meeting will be organized as usual, for 1 hour in Vernal and at satellite locations. The UBOWG will investigate an appropriate meeting date and location to gather in person this spring.

The next meeting will be Tuesday, January 8, 2019. This meeting will be 1 hour.

Members are encouraged to meet in person if possible. There will be three locations: Denver, Salt Lake City, and Vernal. For those meeting in Denver, please note the new location at Western Energy Alliance:

• Vernal – USU campus in Vernal (320 N. Aggie Blvd.) in Room 101. Come through the main entrance, and it is the first door on your left.
• Salt Lake City – Ray Quinney & Nebeker, 36 South State Street, Suite 1400
• Denver – Western Energy Alliance, 1775 Sherman St., Suite 2700 (ask for Stuart Siffring)

For those unable to get to a meeting location, video and phone options are available:

• One tap mobile +17207072699,,802061105# US +16465588656,,802061105# US (New York)
• Dial by your location +1 720 707 2699 US; +1 646 558 8656 US (New York). § Meeting ID: 802 061 105 (Number generated by Zoom Conference) https://zoom.us/u/abAPR3FfmB

If you have trouble joining the meeting, please contact Marie’s assistant Doris (801-323-3418) or RQN’s IT specialist Gabriel (801-323-3482).

Meeting materials:

• document outlining the mission statement, objectives, and procedures for the group
• agenda

The next Large Group meeting will be on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, and we will have video conferencing at the usual three locations:

·        Vernal – USU campus in Vernal (320 N. Aggie Blvd.) in Room 101.  Come through the main entrance, and it is the first door on your left.

·        Salt Lake City – Ray Quinney & Nebeker, 36 South State Street, Suite 1400

·        Denver – EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop St. (ask for Chris Dresser, and please RSVP to him prior to meeting)

We are experimenting with a new system that should allow more call-in options. We will send call-in information before the meeting.

Please contact Marie Durrant or Ashley Korenblat with any suggestions, questions, or if others need to be added to our email list.

Our next large group meeting is Tuesday, October 30, 2018. We will use the same format as last time – three meetings with video conference at:

• Vernal – USU campus in Vernal (320 N. Aggie Blvd.) in Room 101. Come through the main entrance, and it is the first door on your left.
• Salt Lake City – Ray Quinney & Nebeker, 36 South State Street, Suite 1400
• Denver – EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop St. (ask for Chris Dresser)

If you cannot make it to one of the video conferences, please email Doris, and we can provide you a link to join from other remote locations. Agenda is here.

Thanks to everyone who has participated in the sub-group meetings!

UINTA BASIN OZONE WORKING GROUP
AGENDA FOR OCTOBER 30, 2018 MEETING Continue reading “October 30 Large Group Meeting” →

We have had to reschedule the October meeting to Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at 2:00 pm. We will have the same video conferencing at the same three locations:

• Vernal – USU Campus – room to be announced
• Salt Lake City – Ray Quinney & Nebeker, 36 South State Street, Suite 1400
• Denver – EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop St. (ask for Chris Dresser)

The new date is to accommodate several of the regulators who have a meeting in New Mexico on October 24. Thanks for your understanding!