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Regional Reductions: Clear Skies and the Transport Rule

Regional Reductions: Clear Skies and the Transport Rule. Transport rule will proceed in concert with legislative effort to pass Clear Skies Act Need to follow both paths to achieve reductions as expeditiously as possible

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Regional Reductions: Clear Skies and the Transport Rule

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  1. Regional Reductions: Clear Skies and the Transport Rule • Transport rule will proceed in concert with legislative effort to pass Clear Skies Act • Need to follow both paths to achieve reductions as expeditiously as possible • During the next decade significant reductions can be achieved more quickly and cost-effectively through the Clear Skies Act • But, we cannot guarantee legislation will be enacted • To move forward expeditiously to achieve reductions through a Transport Rule, we have looked at the most aggressive schedule we think possible • Aim to propose in late 2003/early 2004 • Final early to mid-2005

  2. Transport Rule Activities • Identify states and tribal areas whose future emissions will “contribute significantly” to downwind nonattainment if nothing more is done to reduce them. • Establish emissions budgets, but give flexibility: • Statewide budget, leaving states to decide what sources to control. • Provide an optional cap-and-trade program for sources. • Include compliance schedule, monitoring, reporting, and accountability provisions.

  3. Transport Rule Activities, cont. • Conduct regional-scale air quality modeling using the latest available emissions inventories • Conduct analysis of air quality and other data to provide insights into the nature of transport • Data from speciation trends network • Source apportionment by receptor models • Meteorological data • Develop framework for interstate emissions trading program

  4. Transport Rule: Current Work • Compiling and reviewing source apportionment studies published in last 3 years • Conducting back trajectory analyses for 12 eastern sites • Evaluating potential interface between Title IV allowance trading and transport rule trading • Collaboration with Government Partners • State & Local air pollution agencies (through STAPPA/ALAPCO) • Tribes (through NTAA) • Federal Land Managers • Covering technical and trading rule issues

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