Air Toxics Summit 2005

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Presentations for the Summit

DAY 1 (10/18)
DAY 2 (10/19)
TRAINING (10/17 & 10/20)

DAY 1

Plenary Session:

Air Toxics Data Trends:

1999 National Air Toxics Assessment(NATA) (pdf, 994kb, 11 pages)
Ted Palma (EPA)

NATA: Lessons Learned in Quantifying Ambient Air Toxics Temporal and Spatial Trends (pdf, 705kb, 7 pages)
Hilary Hafner (Sonoma Technologies, Inc.)

Break Out Session:

Diesel 1, 90 min
Chairs: Wayne Elson, Peter Murchie

Toxicology of Diesel: Nasty Stuff

(pdf, 309kb, 13 pages)

Dr. Harriet Ammann, Ecology

An Oregon Perspective: West Coast Collaborative Public-Private Partnership to Reduce Diesel Emissions (pdf, 276kb, 7 pages)

Kevin Downing, ODEQ

Going Clean and Green Biodiesel and the Heating Oil Market (pdf, 66 kb, 5 pages)

Kathy Hyzy, Oregon Environmental Council

Burning, 90 min
Chairs: Brian Finneran, Anne Dalrymple

Use of GIS to Develop Expanded No-Burn Boundaries for Land-Clearing Debris in Western Washington

(pdf, 492kb, 5 pages)

Kathy Himes, PSCAA

Emissions of particulate matter, selected PAHs and phenols from burning wheat and Kentucky Bluegrass residues (pdf, 247kb, 11 pages) Ranil Dhammapala, WSU

Federal Outdoor Burning Rules: Prohibited Materials (pdf, 950kb, 13 pages) Anne Dalrymple, EPA

Wildland Fire Smoke Toxics (pdf, 2089kb, 24 pages)
Roger D. Ottmar, USFS

Diesel II, 85 min
Chairs: Wayne Elson, Peter Murchie

Air Toxics Microscale Analysis and Mobil Source Air Toxics

(pdf, 219kb, 10 pages) Chad Bailey, OTAQ

Alaska’s Diesel Strategy (pdf, 56kb, 5 pages)

Clint Farr, ADEC

The Lane Clean Diesel Project – Creating Collaborative Solutions for Community Problems (pdf, 162kb, 8 pages) Sharon Banks, LRAPA and Joshua Proudfoot, Good Company

Mercury, 85 min
Chair: Rachel Sakata

From Regulation to Pollution Prevention: The Mercury-Free Colorado Campaign

(pdf, 136kb, 5 pages) Mark McMillan, MS

Long-Range Transport of Mercury to the United States(pdf, 879 kb, 8 pages) Dr. Dan Jaffe, University of Washington

Tracking the Source: A Multimedia Study of Mercury Contamination in Southern Idaho (PLEASE CONTACT Lisa McArthur for Copies) Mike DuBois, IDEQ

Mercury Mass Balance for the Willamette River Basin(pdf, 94 kb, 4 pages) Bruce Hope, ODEQ

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DAY 2

Break Out Session:

Modeling and Monitoring, 120 min
Chair: Gregg Lande

Investigating Air Toxics in EPA Region 10: Progress and Challenges

(pdf, 488 kb, 12 pages)

Dr. Guangfeng Jiang, Rich Westberg, Dr. Hal Westberg, Dr. Brian Lamb, and John Williamson

AIRPACT: An Automated Regional Air Quality Simulation System(pdf, 482kb, 8 pages)

Dr. Brian Lamb, WSU, et.al.

A New Instrument For Real-Time In Situ Diesel Exhaust Monitoring (pdf, 1667kb, 16 pages)

Dr. Dean B. Atkinson and Dr. Linda A. George

Hazardous Air Pollutant Emission Projections and Historical Trends(pdf, 660 kb, 6 pages)

Madeleine Strum, EPA

Emissions Inventory, 120 min
Chair: Madonna Narvaez

An Overview of the NARSTO Emission Inventory Assessment: Across North America

(pdf, 33 kb, 5 pages) Dr. William T. Pennell, NARSTO

Methodology for Evaluating Mobil Source Air Toxics Emissions Among Transportation Projects Alternatives (pdf, 135kb, 7 pages)

Dr. Michael Claggett, FHWA

Lessons Learned from 2002 NEI for HAPS to Improve Future NEIs(pdf, 337 kb, 8 pages)

Anne Pope, EPA

The 2005 National Emissions Inventory
(pdf, 347kb, 8 pages)
Additional Info (pdf, 30kb, 3 pages)
Ron Ryan, EPA

Panel: Emissions Inventories in Region 10: Uses, Challenges, and Recommendations (pdf, 23kb, pages) Chris Swab & Jeffrey Stocum, ODEQ; Chris Ramsdell, IDEQ; Steven Mrazek, Port of Portland; Angel McCormack, Nez Perce Tribe & EPA; Jim Wilson, ORCAA; and Dr. William Pennell, NARSTO

Community Assessment Monitoring, 70 min
Chair: Gregg Lande

Air Toxics Trends in Seattle and Portland

(pdf, 925kb, 12pages) William Puckett, EPA

Using GIS Tools to Select Suitable DPM Monitoring Locations: Phoenix (pdf, 552kb, 8 pages)

Hilary Hafner, Sonoma Technology, Inc.

Panel and Discussion on Siting for Community Monitoring Projects(pdf, 209kb, 4 pages)

Panel Addendum (pdf, 1400kb, 2 pages)

Keith Rose, EPA; John Williamson, Ecology; Gregg Lande, ODEQ; and Julie Simpson, Nez Perce Tribe

Risk, 70 min
Chair: Bruce Hope

When Your Neighbor is a Wood Treatment Facility

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(pdf, 77 kb, 4 pages) Dr. David Stone, ODHS

Air Toxics Emissions Inventory and Health Risk Assessment for the Lower Fraser Valley (pdf, 743kb, 5 pages) Wayne Edwards, Levelton Consultants Ltd

Portland Air Toxics Assessment (pdf, 181kb, 7 pages)

Monica Russell, ODEQ

Using Risk Communication in Communities (pdf, 361kb, 6 pages) Dr. William Lambert, Oregon Health & Science University

Community Involvement, 90 min
Chair: Lisa McArthur

Capacity – Building as a Form of Community Outreach – Empowering Communities to Address Local Air Quality Issues

(pdf, 1289kb, 14 pages) June Yoo Rifkin, BC Lung Association

Air Toxics Under the Big Sky (pdf, 320kb, 9 pages)

Dr. Tony Ward, University of Montana

Tribal Perspectives on Air Toxics(pdf, 753kb, 4 pages)

John Cox, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Engaging Limited English-Speaking Communities in Environmental Justice (pdf, 174kb, 4 pages)

Joyce Pisnanont and Alan Lee, Seattle International District Housing Alliance

Indoor Air & Radon, 90 min
Chair: Davis Zhen

Damp Indoor Spaces and Health: The IOM Report

(pdf, 228kb, 9 pages) Dr. Harriet Ammann, Ecology

The Use of Models for Analyzing Air Quality in Interior Alaska (pdf, 1086kb, 12 pages)

Dr. Ron Johnson, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Community Based Efforts to Improve Indoor Air Quality (pdf, 237kb, 4 pages)

Yalonda Sinde, Community Coalition for Environmental Justice)

Plenary Session:

Involving Communities In Solutions To Air Toxics Problems (pdf, 324kb, 6 pages)
Langdon Marsh, National Policy Consensus Center
Oregon Solutions/Community Solution

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TRAINING

10/17/2005
Introduction to Risk Assessment for Air Toxics (pdf, 3.6mb, 44 pages)
Bruce Hope (ODEQ) and Julie Wroble (EPA)

10/20/2005
Fundamentals of Environmental Justice
Running Grass (EPA)

Sustainability EJ Checklist (pdf, 72 kb, 9 pages)
Advancing EJ through Pollution Prevention (pdf, 1350kb, 167 pages)
Guide on Consultation and Collaboration with Indian Tribal Governments and the Public Participation of Indigenous Groups and Tribal Members in the Environmental Decision Making (pdf, 1170kb, 59 pages)
Model Plan for Participation (PDF 465KB, 20 pages) Spanish Version (PDF 156KB, 15 pages)

Risk Communication and Public Involvement - A Key to Decision Making (pdf, 549kb, 24 pages)
Capt. Alvin Chun (EPA) and Arnold Den (EPA)

Introduction to the 2005 National Emissions Inventory
Part I(pdf, 135kb, 5 pages)
Part II (pdf, 83kb, 6 pages)
Part III (pdf, 518kb, 3 pages)
Ann Pope (EPA) and Ron Ryan (EPA)

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