Feb 22, 2023 Air Quality Committee

GO TO WRITE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER THE ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MAY 25, 22 AIR QUALITY MEETING MINUTES.

LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO, UH, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WELCOME TO EVERYBODY.

WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS HERE TODAY.

UH, AND WELCOME TO THE LYLE AND STEVE SHOW THIS MORNING, , BECAUSE YOU'LL HEAR FROM STEVE FROM LYLE AND STEVE, UH, OF ALL THE PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING.

AND FOR YOU NEWCOMERS, UH, SINCE THIS IS A KIND OF UNIQUE COMMITTEE THAT ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE A POP QUIZ RIGHT AFTER THIS, UH, SESSION.

SO YOU'RE GONNA HEAR SOME TERMS THAT YOU MAY NOT BE TOO FAMILIAR WITH.

UH, AND THEY'RE KIND OF NEW TO SOME OF US AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A NEW TWIST THAT EPAS PUT UPON US.

SO THAT'S WHAT OUR MEETING'S ALL ABOUT THIS MORNING.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO FINISH UP BEFORE 10 O'CLOCK.

SO LET'S

[ Consent Agenda The consent agenda consists of items considered being of a routine nature and contains items recommended for approval by the Air Quality Committee or the minutes from previous Committee meetings. These items will be enacted in one motion, or any member of the Committee may request that items be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately for purposes of discussion and voting.]

WE DO HAVE TO HAVE, OKAY.

MOTION, RIGHT, JUDGE EVANS, AYE.

ACTION.

YES, YOU CAN.

YES.

I SECOND, SECOND MY JUDGE TO YOU.

LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO OUR NEW BUSINESS.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECEIVE

[5. Receive an update on current Natural Resources program activities. - Lyle Hufstetler]

AN UPDATE ON CURRENT NATURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

THIS IS LYLE'S FIRST PRESENTATION.

MR. STETTLER, TAKE, GO OVER.

THANK YOU.

UH, MR. CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

UM, MY NAME'S LYLE HUBLER.

I'M THE NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR FOR A, AND THIS ITEM IS SIMPLY AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE ACTIVE PROGRAMS THAT THE RESOURCES DEPARTMENT ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS IS JUST A LIST OF ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES AND THE PROGRAMS, UH, THAT I'LL BE COVER THIS PRESENTATION.

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE ALAMO AREA, NPO FIRST.

NEXT, SO, ACOG, UM, A DOES PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING FOR THE NPO.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS FOR THEM, PROTECTING FUTURE OZONE LEVELS BASED ON VARIOUS MOBILE SOURCE EMISSIONS SCENARIOS.

WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO ESTIMATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL OZONE, UH, BY INDUSTRY TYPE AND, UM, GEOGRAPHIC REGION.

ACOG CONDUCTS OZONE ANALYSIS USING PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING THAT SIMULATES ACTUAL HIGH OZONE EPISODES, UM, BASED ON A SET OF PAST WEATHER CONDITIONS.

AND, UH, THIS MODELING EPISODE THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED IN HOUSTON AND DALLAS AND SAN ANTONIO STATEWIDE FOR THE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS BASED ON A 2019, UH, THE 2019 OZONE SEASON, EXCUSE ME, FROM, UH, MARCH 15TH TO OCTOBER 31ST.

UH, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE MODELING EPISODE THAT IS BEING USED STATEWIDE FOR STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, PURPOSES.

HAVE ANY PEOPLE THIS HERE, I DON'T NEED TO BOTHER THEM WITH.

SO FAR, STEVEN HAS COMPLETED, UH, THE 20 BASELINE AND BASE CASE RUNS, KIND SETTING THE BASELINE FOR, UH, DETERMINING OZONE REDUCTIONS BASED ON SORT CONTROL STRATEGIES.

WE RECENTLY BEGAN RUNNING FUTURE CASE SCENARIOS FOR 20 23, 20 26, AND, UH, 2030.

AND SOON I'LL BE DOING THE, UH, APCO RUNS.

THOSE ARE PRECURSOR CULPABILITY ASSESSMENT, AND THAT'S HOW WE ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT 20% OF OUR OZONE IS LOCALLY PRODUCED.

THAT MAY BE A TEST ITEM.

BE CAREFUL, .

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE ALAMO AREA, NPO IS A NEW ONE.

UM, I'M DOING A SCHOOL BUS INVENTORY.

I'M REACHING OUT TO ALL THE ISDS IN OUR REGION TO, UM, GET COUNTS OF THEIR SCHOOL BUSES BASED ON THE MODEL YEAR, THE NUMBER OF MILES THAT, THAT ARE DRIVEN, THE FIELD TYPE, UH, THE BUS TYPE, UH, BASICALLY SO WE CAN REFINE OUR, UM, MODEL INPUTS FOR ONROAD EMISSIONS MODEL.

BUT THE SECOND REASON FOR DOING THIS IS KIND OF SELFISH FOR ME AS THE CLEAN CITIES COORDINATOR, IT'S GONNA HELP ME IDENTIFY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN, UH, GRANT ACTIVITIES TO REPLACE, UM, SCHOOL BUSES.

A LOT OF THESE GRANTS HAVE PRESCRIPTIONS BASED ON THE AGE OF THE SCHOOL BUS REPLACE.

SO IF I KNOW THAT THIS DOESN'T

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THE SECOND PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR MPO IS A SMOKING VEHICLE REPORTING PROGRAM.

UH, THIS ACTUALLY USED TO BE A STATEWIDE PROGRAMMER BY THE T C Q UNTIL ABOUT 2017.

UM, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COG HAS A PROGRAM FOR THEIR REGION, AND WE'RE GONNA BE MODELING OUR PROGRAM AFTER THEIRS.

SO WHAT IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS THE PLATFORM FOR RESIDENTS TO REPORT VEHICLES THAT THEY SEE IN BEING VISIBLE SMOKE FOR AT LEAST 10 SECONDS, WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW.

OBVIOUSLY, ACO CAN ENFORCE THAT OR ISSUE FINES, BUT WE'LL JUST SEND THEM A LETTER NOTIFYING THEM OF THE VIOLATION AND INCLUDING RESOURCES FOR, UM, INCENTIVES TO HELP THEM REPLACE OR REPAIR THEIR VEHICLES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, MOVING ON TO, UH, OUR TCEQ PROGRAMS. WE HAVE TWO, THERE'S AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR, FOR MANY YEARS FOR TCEQ.

UM, THE NEWEST MONITORS ONLINE ARE, UH, KNX MONITORS AT BDE NEW AND GARDEN.

AND ALSO AT THAT GARDEN BRIDGE MONITOR IS, UH, A MONITOR THAT RECORDS VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.

SO AT GARDEN RIDGE, WE HAVE OZONE BEING MONITORED, AND THE TWO OZONE PRECURSORS, NOX AND OSES, THOSE ARE NITROGEN OXIDES AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.

SO IT'S VERY VALUABLE TO HAVE THAT MONITOR THERE RECORDING ALL FREE POLLUTANTS AND METEOROLOGY AS WELL.

SO IT'S GONNA HELP REALLY ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE BEHAVIOR OF OZONE IN THAT PART OF THE REGION.

SECOND PROJECT IS TRUCK ILINK EMISSION INVENTORY.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY AN UPDATE TO A PROJECT THAT WE DID IN 2018 WITH SOME INDUSTRY FUNDING.

STEVEN AND I VISITED A TRUCK STOPS AT ALL HOURS IN THE DAY AND ADOPTED HOW MANY PARKING SPACES WERE THERE, HOW MANY WERE OCCUPIED BY TRUCKS, AND HOW MANY OF THOSE TRUCKS WERE IDLING.

SO THAT HELPS US ESTIMATE EMISSIONS FROM, UH, HEAVY TRUCK HANDLING LOCATIONS.

THAT'S THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING.

SO FOR CLEAN CITIES, THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT'S FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

PURPOSE OF CLEAN CITIES IS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR.

THAT CAN BE FROM ADOPTING ALTERNATIVE FUELS LIKE PROPANE, NATURAL GAS, OR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

BUT IT CAN ALSO BE THINGS LIKE PROMOTING ISLAND PRODUCTION, ANYTHING THAT REDUCES EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION.

SO WE HAVE THREE ACTIVITIES FOR CLEAN CITIES OUTREACHING DEMONSTRATION EVENTS.

A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, FROM THAT, THE ONE THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE MOST IS THE EV SHOWCASE THAT WE HAD SEPTEMBER 9TH AND 30TH.

UM, WAS ASSISTANCE OF CPS ENERGY ON THE 30TH, WE HAD IT AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS.

WE HAD ABOUT SIX.

UM, WELL, WHAT WE HAD ACTUALLY, IT WAS MORE LIKE A DOZEN VEHICLES TOTALED, BUT WE HAD SOME HEAVY DUTIES UP THERE.

WE HAD A BOX TRUCK, WE HAD A, WE HAD AFA, WE HAD A SCHOOL BUS THAT WAS VERY POPULAR.

I GOTTA WRITE ON IT.

IT WAS REALLY NEAT THOUGH, THING HAS SOME, YOU KNOW, GET UP POWER FOR A SCHOOL BUS.

IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE.

AND IT WAS THE BIG, AMONG ALL THE ATTENDEES.

UM, THE SECOND PROJECT UNDER CLEAN CITIES IS, INSTEAD OF, AND COMPLIANCE COORDINATION ACTIVITIES, THAT'S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN A VERY POPULAR TOPIC GIVEN, YOU KNOW, ALL THE MONEY COMING OUT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN SUPPORT OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

DID HAVE A WEBINAR FOR THE INFLATION REDUCTION WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE VARIOUS, UH, INCENTIVES THAT, THAT ARE BASED ON TAX INCENTIVES FOR THE, UH, PURPOSE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES.

THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE CORRIDOR AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.

AND I'D SAY THE HIGHLIGHT THERE IS WORKING WITH TECH STOCK TO DEVELOP THEIR STATE, UM, PLAN FOR THE USE OF NEVI FUNDING.

ABOUT 407 MILLION IS COMING TO TEXAS TO, UM, BEEF UP OUR, UM, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS AND IN RURAL AREAS.

SO IN COORDINATING WITH TQ FOR THAT, OR SORRY, WITH TECH FOR THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT EXTRA FUNDING FOR THE SAN ANTONIO AREA CAUSE OF OUR SO MILLION EXTRA FUNDING.

NEXT, PLEASE.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I RETURN TO THAT.

I WANNA TALK ABOUT D A LITTLE BIT.

UM, THAT'S, UH, THE LAST THING ON THE BULLET.

IT'S A SEPARATE PROGRAM THAT'S AN EPA PROGRAM THAT STANDS FOR A DIESEL EMISSION REDUCTION ACT.

AND IT'S SIMILAR TO CLEAN CITIES.

IT'S MEANT TO SUPPORT THE TURNOVER OF DIESEL VEHICLES OUT ON THE STREETS NOW PRIORITIZING PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE ALTERNATIVE FUELS.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PARTNER, UM, TO BE ABLE TO FUND UP TO 45%

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OR $321,000 OF THE TOTAL COST TO PURCHASE TWO NEW HEAVY DUTY ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE PURCHASE OF INSTALLATION OF ASSOCIATED CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT MONEY CAN ONLY BE USED WITHIN BEAR COUNTY CAUSE OF ITS NON PAYMENT STATUS, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT, UH, FUNDING AVAILABLE AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO SECURE, UH, UH, A SUBRECIPIENT FOR THAT FUNDING.

NOW WE CAN MOVE ON.

AND THEN THIS LAST PROGRAM I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, IT'S OUR NEWEST PROGRAM, UH, AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, UH, BEFORE, UM, APPROVED TO APPLY FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE WERE FINALLY AFFORDED THE FUNDING AND WE WERE ABLE TO START WORK ON IT THIS OF LAST MONTH.

UM, IT'S $175,000 FROM THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE TO, UM, ESTABLISH A REGIONAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

C O IF YOU RECALL, IS THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT LAST MONTH, THE BOARD APPROVED, UM, A LOAN FOR, TO, UH, ENHANCE OUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THIS BUILDING.

AND THE PLAUSIBLE, UM, PART OF OUR OUTREACH FOR THIS PROGRAM IS TO PROMOTE THAT THAT LOAN PROGRAM LOAN STAR, UM, SECCO IS VERY EAGER TO SEE A SURGEON APPLICATIONS, UM, FOR THAT.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING THAT POINT CARD FOR, FOR, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

BUT THIS IS JUST A LIST OF, UH, THE DELIVERABLES THAT SECCO IS REQUIRING OF US.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO A SURVEY THAT WILL HELP INFORM FUTURE MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS, UH, SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WHERE WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT CCOS LONE STAR PROGRAM, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE VARIOUS FEDERAL AND ESTATE INCENTIVES OUT THERE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

WE'LL HAVE A WEBPAGE, UM, PROMOTING, UH, ENERGY BENCHMARKING.

UM, SOME ENTITIES, IF YOU'RE IN BEAR, KOAL, GUADALUPE OR WILSON, BE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO REPORT YOUR ENERGY USAGE ANNUALLY AND TO COMMIT TO A 5% REDUCTION IN YOUR ENERGY USAGE ALSO ANNUALLY.

SO WE'LL BE, UM, TRYING TO GET MORE REPORTING ENTITIES FOR THAT REQUIREMENT.

THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WHITE PAPERS AND, UH, ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'LL BE HOSTING.

ONE FOR PACE, ONE FOR, UH, RESILIENCE, UM, SPECIFICALLY HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING, AND THEN ONE FOR ENERGY COVID ADOPTION.

I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.

IT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

ANY, ANY SPECIAL COMMENTS, UH, THOUGHTS TO YOU WANNA SHARE WITH LYLA ON THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION? THANKS, THAT'S A GOOD RECAP ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH AGAR.

I KNOW, UM, THE CITY RECENTLY PASSED A RESILIENCY FUND OF 10 MILLION A YEAR, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND, UH, IT CAN ADDRESS A VARIETY OF ISSUES.

ONE OF THE TOP, I THINK THERE'S LIKE MAYBE FOUR DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT IT, THAT IT CAN BE USED IN AND EVERYTHING WAS, WAS DEFINED BROADLY.

SO THE CITY'S GONNA BE WORKING ON REFINING THAT, BUT ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT IT CAN ADDRESS IS, UM, ENERGY BENCHMARKING.

SO THERE ARE INCENTIVES FOR, UM, OWNERS OF LARGE BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO DO, THERE'S FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR THEM TO DO ENERGY BENCHMARKING.

SO THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TIE THE WORK WE'RE DOING HERE WITH WORK AS WE MAKE PROGRESS OVER THERE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR YOU ALL.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT AND DOUG VERY CLOSELY.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

GOOD.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE

[6. Receive a briefing on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to revise the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). - Lyle Hufstetler]

NEXT ITEM, ITEM SIX.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES PROPOSAL TO REVISE THAT.

HERE'S ANOTHER NEW BUZZWORD FOR YOU.

NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD FOR FINE, FINE PARTICULATE MATTER.

UH, LYLE'S GONNA PRESENT THIS ONE AS WELL.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU.

UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, LET'S RIGHT INTO IT.

THIS IS A LONG ONE AND IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.

UH, NEXT SLIDE.

I'M GONNA JUST START OFF BY TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS PARTICULARLY MATTER.

UM, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO OZONE, LOT OF THE SAME HARMFUL HEALTH EFFECTS, UM, SIMILAR TO OZONE.

IT'S FORMED THROUGH CHEMICAL PROCESSES, UH, THAT OCCUR IN THE ATMOSPHERE, BUT IT'S ALSO, UM, DIRECTLY ADMITTED UNLIKE OZONE.

UM, SO IT'S DIRECTLY FROM THINGS LIKE STACKS, THE USUAL SOURCES, AND THEN THE SECONDARY CHEMICAL REACTIONS.

UH, N OH TWO NITROGEN DIOXIDE, WHICH IS A CHEMICAL SULFUR DIOXIDE.

THOSE ARE ACTUALLY PRECURSORS TO PARTICULATE MATTER.

SAME WITH OZONE OR PRECURSORS N OH TWO TWO AND OTHER CHEMICALS REACT AND IT CAN BE POS, UM, LESS THAN 10 MICROMETERS.

THEY CAN BE FINE, WHICH IS LESS THAN TWO AND HALF MICROMETERS.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE ACTUALLY MEASURE WITH, UH, AIR QUALITY MONITORS.

AND THEN THERE'S ULTRA, WHICH WE DON'T, WHICH WE DON'T MONITOR.

YOU KNOW, HARMFUL PARTICULATES TO, YOU KNOW, MIGRATE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY AS WELL, LIKE THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM.

SO THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF PM ARE PRETTY PROFOUND.

UM, IF THEY DON'T JUST AFFECT THE LUNGS, IT'S POSSIBLE FOR,

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UM, BUT THE FINE PARTICULATES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE GREATEST HEALTH CONCERN CAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO REALLY PENETRATE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, LIKE THAT.

EXCELLENT.

SO THE EPA HAS THE AUTHORITY TO SET, UH, STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN POLLUTANTS BASED ON THE CLEAN AIR ACT.

UM, THEY SET STANDARDS CALLED NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR CRITERIA POLLUTANTS AND OZONE IS ONE OF THOSE CRITERIA.

POLLUTANTS, SO IS PARTICULATE MATTERED.

AND THESE, UH, THESE SNACKS MUST BE PERIOD, PERIODICALLY REVIEWED, UM, TARGET EVERY FIVE YEARS.

THE LAST PM WAS IN 2012.

SO WE DON'T ALWAYS HIT THAT TIMELINE.

UH, BUT IT HAS TO BE PERIODICALLY REVIEWED TO ENSURE THAT THE CURRENT STANDARD IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AVAILABLE IN SCIENCE, UH, TO ENSURE THAT IT'S ADEQUATELY PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH.

SO THERE ARE PRIMARY STANDARDS THAT PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH.

THERE ARE SECONDARY STANDARDS THAT PROTECT PUBLIC WELFARE.

SO THINGS LIKE, UH, ANIMALS AND PLANTS AND, UH, BUILDINGS AND VISIBILITY.

WHEN THE EPA SETS A NEW STANDARD, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CONSIDER THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF, OF SETTING THOSE STANDARDS AND FAILURE TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS RESULTS.

IN A NON-ATTAINMENT DESIGNATION, PROBABLY YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT BEAR COUNTY'S NON-ATTAINMENT STATUS, THIS NON-ATTAINMENT FOR PARTICULATE MATTER TOO.

AND WHENEVER AN AREA GOES IN THE NON-ATTAINMENT, THE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MUST BE UPDATED, UH, TO INCLUDE THAT PARTICULAR REGION.

SO THE MAIN ELEMENT OF THE PROPOSAL IS THERE'S, THERE'S ONE KEY REVISION BEING CONSIDERED, AND, UH, THE EPAS PROPOSING TO REVISE THE PRIMARY, THAT'S THE HEALTH BASED STANDARD.

THE PRIMARY ANNUAL STANDARD FOR FINE PARTICULATES PM 2.5 FROM THE CURRENT 12 MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METER TO WITHIN A RANGE OF NINE TO 10 MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METER, WHICH SAME EVENTS, THERE ARE OTHER PARTICULATE STANDARD, THERE'S A SECONDARY STANDARD, THERE'S A PRIMARY 24 HOUR STANDARD, THERE'S STANDARDS FOR PM 10.

THOSE ARE BEING PROPOSED TO REMAIN THE SAME.

THE EPA IS ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENTS, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ON THAT PROPOSED REVISION, BUT THEY'RE ALSO ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON PERHAPS LOWERING IT TO EIGHT OR LOWERING IT JUST TO 11.

UM, AND AGAIN, ALL OTHER STANDARDS ARE BEING, UH, ARE BEING PROPOSED TO REMAIN THE SAME.

THERE'S ALSO PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE AIR QUALITY INDEX.

THAT'S THE COLOR CODING THAT SHOWS THE SEVERITY OF, OF CURRENT POLLUTION LEVELS.

AND THEN ALSO PRETTY IMPORTANT IS, UH, THE BPA IS CONSIDERING MAKING CHANGES TO MONITORING NETWORK REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE, UH, PLACING MONITORS IN AREAS, UH, WITH MORE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, OR PERHAPS THOSE THAT ARE REALLY CLOSE TO MAJOR SOURCES OF PARTICULAR MATTER.

ANY CHANGES MADE TO THE MONITORING NETWORK WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IN ATTAINMENT DESIGNATION.

SO IF A, YOU KNOW, IF A MONITOR IS RELOCATED SOMEWHERE WITH HYPER, IT'S THAT NEW MONITOR WILL NOT BE USED TO ENTERTAINMENT.

IT TAKES THREE FULL YEARS OF DATA AND THAT'S JUST, THAT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

AND THEY, THEY SAY AS MUCH TOO.

AND, AND THE PROPOSAL, UM, SO, UH, IS WHEREVER MONITORS ARE CURRENTLY EXISTING NOW, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE, UM, USED FOR ATTAINMENT DETERMINATIONS.

AND I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF, OF BASICALLY WHAT I SAID.

UM, THE ANNUAL PRIMARY FIND PARTICULAR STANDARD IS BEING PROPOSED TO REVISE DOWNWARD TO NINE TO 10 MINUTES.

I MENTIONED PUBLIC COMMENTS IS ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UH, UNTIL MARCH 28TH, THERE ARE THREE VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, FOR THE RULEMAKING.

UM, AND THEN THE INFORMATION TO SUBMIT, UM, COMMENTS IS, IS AVAILABLE ON THE SCREEN THERE.

ANYTHING AT ALL THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED ATTA NON-ATTAINMENT FOR PARTICULATES.

SO THIS MAP SHOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE EPA WERE TO DESIGNATE, UH, AREAS AS NON-ATTAINMENT UNDER THESE PROPOSED STANDARDS.

SO THOSE, UM, IN DARK GREEN COUNTIES THAT WILL BE NON-ATTAINMENT UNDER THE 10 UNIT STANDARD PROPOSED STANDARDS, EXCUSE ME.

AND THEN THE LIGHTER GREEN SHOWS HOW MANY COUNTIES WOULD BE NON-ATTAINMENT UNDER THE PROPOSED NINE UNIT.

AND THAT WOULD BE BASED ON MONITORING DATA FROM 2019 THROUGH 2021.

IT'S TOO EARLY TO CONSIDER 2022 THAT WILL BE CERTIFIED UNTIL MAY.

SO THERE ARE A FEW COUNTIES IN TEXAS, SOME WHO ARE NOT IN ENTERTAINMENT FOR

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UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE COUNTIES ON THERE THAT ARE NOT SHADED THAT MAY ALSO BE AT RISK.

AND I'M GONNA GET INTO THAT.

UM, NEXT, PLEASE.

SO THIS IS WHERE ALL THE MONITORS ARE LOCATED.

ALL THE MONITORS THAT RECORD FIND PARTICULAR MATTER.

THERE ARE JUST WITH, JUST AS WITH OZONE, THERE ARE REGULATORY MONITORS AND THERE ARE NON REGULATORY MONITORS.

AND IT'S ONLY THE REGULATORY MONITORS THAT CAN BE USED TO SEM.

THE EPA WON'T LOOK AT A NON-REGULATORY MONITOR AND SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT MONITOR IS ABOVE THE STANDARD, THAT IT HAS TO BE MONITOR ONLY REGULATORY MONITORS CAN BE USED FOR DETERMINATIONS.

THREE OF THOSE ARE IN BEAR COUNTY AND ONE IS JUST BARELY WITHIN OSA COUNTY THAT I'M NOT GETTING ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET INSIDE THE CAPITOL.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WHAT ARE ALL THESE REGULATORY MONITORS REPORTING? ALL RIGHT, SO THE THREE THAT WE HAVE AMPLE DATA SETS FOR, THEY'RE UNDER THAT NINE UNIT THRESHOLD THAT THE EPAS CONSIDERING.

AND THEY'RE ALSO WITHIN THE THRESHOLD FOR THE 24 HOURS STANDARD.

THE FINE PARTICULAR CONCERNED WITH NOW, NOW NOTICE THE MONITOR AS INSUFFICIENT DATA.

UM, I CAN'T USE, YOU KNOW, 20 20 19 TO 2021 DATA TO MAKE A DETERMINATION.

THERE IS NO DATA FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS.

SO I DID INCLUDE THE ANNUAL AVERAGE FOR 2021 AND 2022 AND TAKING TOGETHER THAT AVERAGE IS OUT TO EXACTLY NINE.

SO, UM, 2023 DATA IS GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT IN IN KNOWING WHETHER AOSA COUNTY COULD BE IN NOT ATTAINMENT FOR A PARTICULAR MATTER.

AND WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL, LIKE I SAID, MAY OF THE FOLLOWING OR SO MAY OF 2024 WE'LL HAVE A COMPLETE CERTIFIED RECORD OF DATA.

AND SO THIS IS, UM, THIS IS WHAT ALL THE NON-REGULATORY MONITORS ARE RECORDING.

UM, THERE ARE ONLY TWO THAT HAVE A COMPLETE CERTIFIED DATA SET.

ONE OF THOSE IS AT OLD HIGHWAY 90.

UM, IT'S ACTUALLY RECORDING A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THAT, UM, THAT PROPOSED RANGE.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S A NON-REGULATORY MONITOR.

IT CANNOT BE USED TO PUT BEAR COUNTY IN ON ATTAINMENT.

IT CAN, UM, I DID INCLUDE FOR THE OTHER THREE MONITORS THAT DON'T HAVE A COMPLETE CERTIFIED RECORD, WHAT THEIR ANNUAL UNCERTIFIED AVERAGE IS, AND THEY'RE ALL PRETTY SAFELY BELOW THAT NINE UNIT THRESHOLD.

EXCELLENT.

SO THIS IS HOW, UH, PARTICULATE MATTER HAS, HAS, UM, THE, SHOWS THE TREND OF RECORDED PARTICULATE MATTER CONCENTRATIONS, EXCUSE ME, AT, UM, FIVE DIFFERENT MONITORS.

THESE ARE THE FIVE WITH AGAIN, UH, AN ADEQUATE HISTORICAL RECORD TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE, THE THREE YEAR ANNUAL BEING AVERAGE.

SO YOUR ATTENTION PROBABLY GOES TO THE OLD HIGHWAY 90 MONITOR, UH, WITH THAT SLIDE IN 2018.

UM, THERE, THERE AREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF, YOU KNOW, MAJOR POINT SOURCES OF PARTICULATE MATTER IN THAT AREA.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE STRUGGLING TO FIND, YOU KNOW, THE REAL CULPRIT FOR THAT.

IT COULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR HEAVY DUTY DIESEL ENGINES ARE A MAJOR SOURCE OF RETICULATE MATTER.

AND SO THAT COULD BE, I THINK THAT IS POSSIBLY CONTRIBUTING TO THAT SPIKE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT POINT SOURCES THAT ARE IN THAT PART OF THE CITY TO SEE IF MAYBE SINCE 2018 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ACTIVITY THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD CORRESPOND TO THAT, UH, THAT SURGE PARTICULATE MATTER.

BUT I THINK WHAT THIS REALLY UNDERSCORES IS THE NEED FOR MORE MONITORING SO THAT WE CAN ADEQUATELY ASSESS THE INTENSITY AND THE GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE OF, YOU KNOW, THIS ZONE OF HIGH PARTICULATE MATTER.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ADDRESS IN THE COMMENT LETTER, IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT LAW IS REALLY GONNA REACH OUT TO PORT SAN ANTONIO AND, UH, WORK WITH THEM.

CUZ THAT'S THE ONLY REAL CONCENTRATION OF ANYTHING NEAR THAT ONE.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT JUST WANT, UH, WE DO CONTINUALLY MONITOR FEDERAL AND STATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL AIR QUALITY MONITORING.

SO WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA WAIT FOR DPA.

WE'RE GONNA, YOU EXPLORE WAYS THAT WE CAN ENHANCE OUR MONITORING NETWORK USING GLOBAL DISCUSS.

I'M NOT GONNA TAKE REALLY TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS.

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HONESTLY, I'M NOT AWARE FULLY OF SOME OF THESE SOME OF THESE REQUIREMENTS, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE SIMILAR TO OZONE.

WE HAVE, UH, AT THE BOTTOM NON-ATTAINMENT NSR, THAT'S NEW SOURCE REVIEW, ENSURING THAT EXPANSIONS OR RELOCATIONS TO THE NON-ATTAINMENT COUNTY DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO A WORSENING OF AIR QUALITY.

UM, ESTABLISHING OFFSETS.

IF YOU INCREASE YOUR EMISSIONS, YOU HAVE TO DECREASE THEM BY A LITTLE BIT MORE.

UM, BUT I, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT TCEQ IS GONNA BE HOSTING A VIRTUAL PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING ON MARCH 3RD AT 9:30 AM WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE TALKING IN A LOT MORE DETAIL ABOUT, UM, THE PARTICULATE MATTER PROPOSED REVISION IN GENERAL, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE, UM, SIT REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR PM NON-ATTAINMENT AREAS.

SO I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE, UH, NOT JUST STATUS QUO COUNTY FOLKS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE COULD STAND TO, YOU KNOW, BENEFIT FROM KNOWING WHAT'S TO COME AND WHAT COULD, YOU KNOW, BOOK THAT POTENTIALLY, UH, BE COMING AS FAR AS PARTICULAR MATTERS.

AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE SAME.

IT'S JUST FOR SERIOUS, I SHOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO NON-ATTAINMENT LEVELS FOR PARTICULATE MATTER.

IF YOU'RE INITIALLY DESIGNATED, YOU GO RIGHT INTO MODERATE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES, UH, THIS ITEM.

AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

IT'S GONNA LEAD RIGHT INTO OUR NEXT TIME, WHICH IS AN ACTION ITEM, UH, WITH A LETTER TO THE EPA.

BUT ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY, LYLE, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, AT ONE, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, WE'RE OKAY, SUPPOSEDLY, RIGHT? WE'RE UNDER THAT NUMBER, BUT IT WHATEVER DEPENDS ON WHAT THAT NUMBER'S GONNA COME UP WITH.

EPAS GONNA COME UP EVENTUALLY.

WHAT, WHAT IF IT'S GONNA BE 12 OR NINE OR 10 OR 11, WHATEVER WE, SO THAT WE'RE STILL KIND OF LOOKING, LOOK AT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT EPA A'S FINAL JUDGE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUDGMENT IS ON WHAT THEY'RE GONNA EXPECT FROM US.

RIGHT INTO THE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED ACTED BY THE RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE EPA, A ADMINISTRATOR'S PROPOSED REVISION OF THE PARTICULATE MATTER, NATIONAL AMBIENT QUALITY STANDARDS, AND TO THE ACO BOARD THIS MORNING, UH, FOR THEIR APPROVAL.

ANYBODY? WE GOOD? YEAH.

LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GO

[7. Consider and act upon the recommendation to forward comments in response to the EPA Administrator's proposed revision of the Particulate Matter (PM) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to the AACOG Board for their approval. - Lyle Hufstetler]

SO LA YOU WANNA GO THROUGH THAT AND WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, DISCUSS IT IF WE NEED TO.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

SO MOST OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS LETTER IS GONNA BE H TWO.

THE FIRST PAGE KINDA SETS UP A AND WE ARE AND WHY WE'RE QUALIFIED MOMENT.

UM, IN THE COMMENT LETTER, ACO IS, UH, EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE UNCERTAINTIES THAT REMAIN IN THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE.

UM, AND THESE ARE UNCERTAINTIES THAT ARE CITED BY A PLEA AIR SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH HELPED INFORM THIS PROPOSED PROVISION.

SO, UH, THE, THE, THE THRUST OF THE LETTER IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THIS, THESE, THESE GAPS IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE, YOU'RE NOT PROPOSING AS EXTREME A DOWNWARD REVISION AS THE EPA, WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, LOWERING THE STANDARD ONLY TO 11 MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METER.

UH, WE EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT LOWERING THE STANDARD BELOW THAT, UH, WOULD NOT IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH CAUSE OF THESE REMAINING UNCERTAINTIES.

AND IN ADDITION, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE EPA COLLECT MORE DATA ON THE IMPACTS OF SHORT TERM EXPOSURES TO HELP REDUCE THESE REMAINING, UH, UNCERTAINTIES HAVE A MUCH MORE INFORMED DECISION.

ACO ALSO SUPPORTS THE EPAS RECOMMENDATION OF INCREASED MONITORING OF PM UH, TO ACCOUNT FOR POTENTIAL, UH, TO POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO AT RISK POPULATIONS.

AND WE RECOMMEND THAT THE EPA FURTHER RESEARCH AND ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF LONG DISTANCE, UH, TRANSPORT OF PARTICULAR PATTERN INTO OUR REGION AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL AIR QUALITY.

UH, WHAT THIS LETTER'S BASICALLY SAYING IS, WE, WE DON'T AGREE WITH THEIR PET PATROLS.

WE'D LIKE IT TO GO DOWN TO AT LEAST 11, UH, AND MAYBE EVEN LOWER THAN THAT.

AND I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL RECALL, BUT WHEN, WHEN THE, THE POINTS PER BILLION WAS CHANGED ON THE OZONE, THEY DROPPED FROM 75 TO 70.

AND ONCE THAT HAPPENED EVEN BEFORE IT HAPPENED, WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA BE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE OF WHAT PARTICULAR MONITOR WE HAVE.

SO, UH, THIS IS, I THINK THIS LETTER IS AN ATTEMPT TO, TO EPA.

HEY, WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT SOME OF THESE PARTICULAR, THESE ISSUES.

THIS PARTICULAR MATTER ISSUES IS WHAT YOU, AS WE DESCRIBED THEM.

SO THIS IS THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, SO THIS, THIS, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

SO WE WILL NEED A, A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION, JUDGE? I, I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION, BUT WE'RE GONNA FORWARD IT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? YES.

YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION.

I WOULD LI ALSO LIKE TO ADD MY STATE REP ONTO THE CC.

ANDREW BURR IS NOT ON THERE.

I'LL SECOND IT WITH CORRECTION.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE IT FROM 12 TO BETWEEN NINE AND 10.

MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER QUESTION? SO EPA IS PROPOSING TO MOVE IT FROM WHAT NUMBER TO WHAT? ON THE PARTICULAR MATTER?

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AND, AND THIS LETTER STATES THAT WE WERE AGAINST THAT OR THAT WE ARE PROPOSING A NEW NUMBER.

IT WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING A, A LOWER LEVEL FROM DOWN TO 11 RATHER THAN WE'RE PROPOSING NOT QUITE AS MUCH MORE.

WE'RE, SO THEY'RE AT 12, WE'RE PROPOSING 11 AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE CONSIDERING NINE TO 10.

CORRECT.

AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACCEPTING COMMENTS FOR 11.

THIS IS PART OF OUR, OUR RESPONSE TO THOSE COMMENTS THAT THEY'RE ACCEPTING.

AND I, CORRECT ME IF I SAY THIS WRONG, BUT I THINK THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERING IT WAS SOMEWHAT DIVIDED IN WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS AND THAT WAS WHY THEY'RE ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON A BROADER RANGE THAN WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

SO THEY'RE PROPOSING EIGHT TO 10, BUT ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON EIGHT TO 11 CUZ THERE WAS NOT A UNANIMOUS COMMITTEE ACTION, THE COMMITTEE THAT CONSIDERED IT WAS SOMEWHAT DIVIDED BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF REALLY CLEAR DATA.

UM, IS WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT'S EXACTLY, I WAS EXACTLY ABOUT TO SAY THAT.

THE CLEAN AIR SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT I MENTIONED UNANIMOUSLY, THEY SAID IT SHOULD BE LOWERED, BUT IT WASN'T UNANIMOUS ON HOW LOW? SO A MAJORITY OF THE PANEL SAID BETWEEN NINE AND 10, BUT THERE WAS A MINORITY THAT SAID 11.

SO, AND OUR LOWEST, I MEAN OUR HIGHEST NUMBERS THAT WE WERE REGISTERING FROM A REGULATORY MONITOR ON THIS WERE ARE AT WHAT? RIGHT NOW? BELOW NINE.

AT LEAST THOSE WITH A COMPLETE RECORD.

YOU HAD ONE DOESN'T HAVE A COMPLETE RECORD.

IT'S CLOSE.

WE NEED ONE MORE YEAR OF DATA, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S, YEAH.

WELL, I, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING 11.

A LETTER FOR 11.

JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.

I THINK IF IT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT US AND WE CAN PROMOTE HEALTHIER AIR QUALITY, I THINK THAT ALSO IF WE'RE, IF WE ARE GOING TO ASK OTHERS TO DO THEIR PART SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE PARTICULAR MATTER COMING INTO OUR RE AIR SHED, WE SH I THINK PROMOTING A LOWER STANDARD WOULD BE, UH, LOWER STANDARD BEING A LOWER NUMBERS OF AIR POLLUTION, UH, WOULD BE IN OUR INTEREST.

ALRIGHT.

ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

SO WE'LL BRING THAT, UH, LAW, WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO THE, THE FULL BOARD IN, IN ABOUT AN HOUR SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE LYLE PART OF THE SHOW.

NOW WE GET THE STEVEN PART OF THE SHOW .

EIGHT, RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE OZONE SEASON INCLUDING A, A, A RECAP OF 2022 AND WHAT TO EXPECT FOR 2023 MR. SMELTZER.

UH, ITEM NUMBER

[8. Receive an update on the ozone season, including a recap of 2022 and what to expect for 2023. - Steven Smeltzer]

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

UNFORTUNATELY, 2 22 WAS NOT A GOOD YEAR FOR US.

ON AVERAGE WE HAVE HIGH EIGHT HIGH OZONE DAYS PER YEAR AND LAST YEAR IT WAS ACTUALLY HIGHER WAS 10 DAYS AND SEPTEMBER WAS REALLY FOR US HAD FIVE DAYS MARCH ARTS PAVILION X SLIDE.

UM, DURING, IN 2 22 WE HAD 19 OZONE DAYS.

SIX OF THEM TURNED OUT TO BE HIGH OZONE DAYS.

AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO FOUR OTHER DAYS THAT WERE NOT OZONE DAYS, NOT OZONE DAYS.

ONE INTERESTING THING IS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ON RECORD THAT WE HAD 10 CASSETTE PROPOSAL DAYS IN A ROW FROM SEPTEMBER 28TH TO UM, OCTOBER 7TH.

SO THE, WE COULD FIND THE HISTORY RECORD SIX IN A ROW.

SO WE HAD 10 IN A ROW LAST YEAR.

SO THAT NEXT, IF WE LOOK AT OUR FREE YEAR AVERAGE, UM, WE'RE ARE LOOKING AT 75 PARTS PER BILLION AT THE CAMPS.

THIS IS LOCATED IN THE CAMP MILITARY FACILITY AND IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR THREE YEAR AVERAGE FIVE, THIS IS WAY ABOVE THE STANDARD.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER WHICH IS NORTHWEST ANTONIO AND IT WAS A 71 NEXT SLIDE.

IF WE LOOK AT YOUR DESIGN VALUE TREND, OKAY, HOW DO WE DO OVER THE YEARS SIGNIFICANT DROPZONE BETWEEN TWO 13 TO 2 60 16, VERY LEVELED OFF.

AND SO ABOVE THE STANDARD ONE THING WE LOOK AT THIS CHART, THE CAMP BULLS MONITOR, WHICH IS NUMBER 58, IS ACTUALLY BEING TRAINED HIGHER IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WHICH IS A FOR FOR US TO MEET OUR ATTAINMENT GOALS.

AVERAGE I, THIS THREE YEAR WE USED TO DETERMINE IF WE BUMPED UP TO A HIGHER NON STATUS, SERIOUS NON, AND IF WE LOOK AT A THREE YEAR, WE NOT MAKE QUITE OFTEN SOME HIGH OLD ZONE OR BACKGROUND.

IF WE LOOK AT THE UM, VALUES FOR NEXT THREE YEAR

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OLD ZONE IS ABOVE 59, SO WE'RE NOT GOING THAT STANDARD ALMOST FOR SURE BE BUMPED UP TO SIR LEAST COUNTY.

THIS SHOWS CONTRIBUTION TO OZONE AT THE CAMP MONITOR.

OUR HIGHEST MONITOR, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PINK SLIDE PIE CHART, THAT THAT'S OUR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION, IT'S ONLY 19%.

IF WE LOOK AT REST OF TEXAS, THOSE ARE SMALL ONES, DALLAS, ET CETERA, WE LOOK UP ALL THE OTHER STATES OUTSIDE THE TEXAS, IN THE UNITED STATES, THEIR CONTRIBUTION IS ALMOST 40% TO OUR LOCAL ZONE.

ALSO, IF WE LOOK AT UM, COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES AND CONTRIBUTING TO LOCAL ROUGHLY ABOUT 35%.

SO OUR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENT ARE ALL THE OTHER STATES ARE 30%.

YOUR INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTION OZONE 34%, THEN TEXAS IS PERCENT.

SO WE ONLY HAVE LESS THAN OUR LOCAL OZONE.

IF WE LOOK AT A 19% PIE SLICE, THIS IS OUR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION, OUR LARGEST SOURCE OF CONTRIBUTION IS MOBILE SOURCES.

SO THAT'S 30% OF THAT 19% IS CONTRIBUTING TO OZONE IS SECOND LARGEST, IS ONLY SOURCE BASICALLY LARGE, UM, PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND POWER PLANTS.

AND THE THIRD LARGEST IS YOUR OFFROAD EQUIPMENT THAT RUNS, UM, A GENERATION OFFROAD, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, GENERATORS, ET CETERA.

THAT'S 18% AND THEN THE REST OF THE ARE PRETTY SMALL.

ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE CUZ THIS ONE IS YOU'RE GONNA, THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE FOR SURE.

AND THAT'S IT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, ON THE OZONE UPDATE? I KNOW IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST REALLY SINFUL THAT ONLY 19% COMES FROM US AND THE REST COMES FROM OTHER SOURCES.

WE HAVE ZERO CONTROL OVER, BUT WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT FOR AUDIT BONITA AND, AND WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED WITH T CQ, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE EPA ON ALL THESE ISSUES AND SORRY, WE GOT A SORRY.

SO THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS AND IF YOU LOOK AT TEXAS, IT'S ONLY 30% OF TEXAS.

SO TCEQ CONTROL 70% OF IT.

I WILL SAY TCEQ HAS BEEN A STRONG PARTNER, REALLY BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTING PARTNER UH, IN ALL OF THESE ISSUES.

UM, AND SO AT LEAST WE HAVE, WE HAVE A FRIEND IN THE STATE FOR SURE AND THE GOVERNOR OF COURSE HAS ALSO BEEN SUPPORTIVE.

SO I WILL SAY AS STEVEN GOES INTO OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ABOUT TO COME DOWN ON US, T C Q HAS BEEN EXTREMELY STRONG IN WORKING WITH BOTH JUDGE WOLF AND NOW JUDGE SAKAI AND MAYOR NURENBERG IN BRIEFINGS.

THEY'VE BEEN DOWN HERE AT LEAST THREE TIMES DOING BRIEFINGS FOR THE TWO OF THEM AND LAYING OUT WHAT'S TO COME AND MAKING INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

SO I REALLY HAVE TO ECHO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S THEY'VE INITIATED THE MEETINGS AND HAVE OFFERED TO GIVE BRIEF THEMES TO BOTH THE COURT AND TO COUNSEL ABOUT WHAT'S UPCOMING.

SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE WITH THE INFORMATION FLOW.

OKAY, VERY GOOD.

LET'S MOVE

[9. Receive an update on the potential consequences of ozone nonattainment. - Steven Smeltzer]

RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF OZONE NON-ATTAINMENT.

STEVE.

BASICALLY AS YOU KNOW, WAS DESIGNATED OUR QUALITY JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

UM, WE PAID A RE BEAR COUNTY TO MODERATE NON UH, MARZO NON DID HAVE MANY REQUIREMENTS ON IT BUT TO YOU'RE TO SIGN REQUIREMENTS MEET THE STANDARD SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS AND EXISTING REGULATIONS IF COUNTY DOES NOT OBTAIN THE STANDARD BY THE NEXT ENTERTAINMENT DATE, AND THAT'S SEPTEMBER FOUR, SO IT'S USING THE THREE YEARS OF TO THREE BE RECLASSIFIED, THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN.

BINDER, WE GOT THE DECLARATION OF NON BEAR COUNTY FAILED TO MEET THE STANDARD UNDERNEATH MARSHALL.

THIS IS THE CURRENT TIMELINE WE'RE

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SO TWO MONTHS AGO, UH, WE RECLASSIFIED BEAR COUNTY AS MODERATE NON UH, BASICALLY WITH UNDER MODERN NON THE, THE PLAN TO CLEAN UP THE AIR WAS DUE TO THE EPA ON JANUARY 1ST 2 23, WHICH WAS TWO MONTHS AGO.

AND THIS WAS NOT SUBMITTED UH, TQ TO SUBMIT THE, FOR OUR REASON FOR BEAR COUNTY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN MAY THOUSAND 23.

AND THEY'RE TARGETING BETWEEN NOVEMBER DECEMBER TO SUBMIT THE UM, TO THE EPA.

SO YOUR MONITOR ATTAINMENT DAY AS I MENTIONED FOR TWO THREE IS YEAR HOURS.

WE'RE NOT GONNA ACHIEVE THAT.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT FALL 2005 POTENTIALLY RECLASSIFY AT LEAST BEAR COUNTY TO SIR NONPAYMENT, THE REASON COULD BE LARGER.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS COUNTY, THIS IS WHEN THIS IS UM, DECLARES IS DUE TO INTERESTING THING.

IMPORTANT THING IS YOUR CONTROLS UNDERNEATH MODERATE NON BE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING IMPLEMENTED WHEN YOUR, CAUSE ONCE YOU'RE ON THIS IT'S HARD TO KEEP GOING BUT YOU KEEP GOING AND YOU KEEP GETTING BUMPED UP TO HIGHER LEVELS OF NON AND YOUR PATROLS ARE NOT BEING IMPLEMENTED TIME TO MEET THE STANDARD CAUSE ONE SIGN CONTROLS IS YOUR INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE THAT HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED NOVEMBER 7TH, 2026.

SO YOUR INSPECTION MAINTENANCE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AFTER YOU'RE BUMPED UP TO SIRIUS REQUIREMENT COURSE FOR ALL AREA ABOVE MODERATE TWO.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SIR ENTERTAINMENT DATE FOR UH, FOR YEAR, YEAR HOURS 2000 4, 2 6, YOU DID NOT MEET THE STANDARD TIME.

YOU GET BUMPED UP TO SEVERE NON, WHICH IS EVEN MORE CONTROLS ON THE REGION AND IT MIGHT SAY THAT'S SO YEARS AWAY BUT YOUR FIRST YEAR OF ACTUALLY NEXT OR SEVERE NONPAYMENT.

SO IT IS COMING UP VERY SOON TOO.

NEXT SLIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR MODERN NONPAYMENT.

BASICALLY YOU HAD TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE IMPLEMENTED NON, YOU NEED YOUR INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM TO TEST ALL GASOLINE VEHICLES BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR YEARS OLD.

THERE'S NO ACCEPTANCE TO THAT.

AND SO THAT'S A COST FOR EVERYONE.

ALSO YOU HAVE TO, ALL BUSINESSES HAVE LOWEST CONTROL.

THAT'S AND ALL BUSINESS HAVE NOT SEEMS LIKE THE LAST ONE.

THIS SLIDE TO 15% REDUCTION, YOU NEED VOLATILITY, ORGANIC VOLATILITY COMPOUND ONE, THE TWO COMPONENTS OF AND YOU NEED A 15% REDUCTION IN THAT.

AND GENERALLY LARGE FACILITIES DON'T VERY MUCH ORGANIC SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE THIS 15% AND IT'S HARD TO DO IT.

WE HAVEN'T FOUND A WAY TO DO IT THIS TIME YET.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS IS YOUR OFF EVERY WHERE ANY NEW BUSINESS THAT IS UM, ESTABLISHING A REASON OR IN THE EXISTING BUSINESS DOES THIS NICK MAL INTO THEIR FACILITY IN THE OFFSET? SO BASICALLY IF YOU PLAN TO ADMIT HUNDRED TONS OF ANY CRITERIA POLLUTED IN OUR REGION, YOU NEED TO FIND 15 TONS OR SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND SINCE THERE'S LARGE MANUFACTURING BASE HERE WHERE YOU GET HUNDRED 15 TONS FROM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

ANY KIND NEW BUSINESS WHO'S COUNTY IS VERY D THAT OFFSET YOU GET TO SYRIA, THOSE OFFSETS.

UM, ALSO PART OF THE PLAN TO CLEAN UP THE AIR IF THE PLAN DOESN'T SHOW YOU AT THE STANDARD BY THE DATE BUT THIS ACCIDENT COMING RIGHT UP, YOU HAVE TO PREVENT MORE CONTROLS ALSO YOU HAVE TO PUT IN CONSISTENCY MEASURES INTO THE PLAN.

SO YOU DO NOT THE STANDARD MEASURE AUTOMATICALLY GO IN PLACE WITH NO FURTHER RULEMAKING.

VEHICLES ARE ANNUAL BEFORE NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER, 2026.

BASICALLY THE MAIN ONE FOR CITIZENS, YOU GOT THE INSPECTION MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS

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BASICALLY YOU HAVE A ONBOARD COMPUTER THAT TEST THE BUSINESS FOR THE CAR.

JUST ADDS EXTRA 15 MINUTES TO YOUR TESTING FOR YOUR SAFETY TEST WHENEVER GO WITH YOUR GASOLINE CAR.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE IDEA WHAT THE FEE IS YET.

THEY'RE GOING TO PROPOSE IT.

MIDYEAR WAS THE PD AND IT WAS GOING INVOLVED WITH 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

WE'RE EXPECTING THE ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO BE AROUND 11 AND 50 CENTS CAUSE THAT'S THE PRICE SOME OTHER AREAS RIGHT NOW IS FOR FAIR ONLY.

ONE THING WITH THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, YOU GOT THE ADDITIONAL CHARGE AND THE EXPECT THE ADDITIONAL TIME.

BUT ALSO IF YOUR VEHICLE DOES NOT SUCCESSFULLY PASS THE TEST, YOU YOU CANNOT GET YOUR VEHICLE REGISTRATION STICKER.

IT HAS TO PASS THE TEST.

ALSO YOU HAVE TO USE A RECOGNIZED REPAIR FACILITY.

SO YOUR REPAIR FACILITY HAS TO BE CERTIFIED TO REPAIR VEHICLE.

YOU CAN'T JUST GO TO ANY SHOP AND GET YOUR VEHICLE REPAIRED.

YOU HAVE TO GO PACIFIC SHOP THAT ARE CERTIFIED TO GET IT REPAIRED.

THERE IS SOME WAIVERS AVAILABLE AND USUALLY THESE ARE ONLY ONE TIME WAIVERS AND THEY WILL NOT APPLY TO MOST OF THE VEHICLES.

AND IF YOU APPLY FOR A WAIVER, YOU ACTUALLY HAD TO GO TO PACIFIC STATION THAT HAS BEEN BEAR BEAR COUNTY YET IT WILL BE TO GET THAT WAIVER.

AND ALSO SAN ANTONIO AND COUNTY ARE LOOKING WAYS TO HELP FUND SOME THE VEHICLE REPAIR.

BUT CERTAINLY PEOPLE WILL HAVE SPEND UP VEHICLE SLIDE THING.

I MEANT THE BALL TYPE OR ORGANIC COMPOUND REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT.

YOU LOOK AT YOUR MAIN, MAIN SOURCES OF THE VOCS, THEY ARE CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL PRICE, UH, PAID SOLVENTS, UH, CLEANSER, STORAGE, FUEL.

SO THESE ARE ALL VERY SMALL FACILITIES.

UM, AND WHERE YOU GET THE 15% REDUCTION THERE CAUSE WE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED CONTROLS OUR REGION, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE.

IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR COMPOUND, UH, COMPOUNDS IN THE AREAS YOU SEE 72% OF ARE DAIRY SOURCES.

THESE SURFACE PROJECTS ARE USED BY CONSUMERS AND OF GASOLINE.

UH, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR UH, VEHICLE, THEY MAKE 5% BOTH.

AND SEE THE MAJOR MANUFACTURER FACILITIES ONLY MAKE UP 3%.

SO YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T GET A 15% REDUCTION FROM 3%.

SO YOU REALLY ONLY PLACE IS CONSUMER COMMERCIAL SOLVENTS.