Austin-RR MSA O3 Flex Plan

Austin-Round Rock MSA

The 8-Hour Ozone Flex program is a voluntary agreement between Federal, State/Tribal and local communities to encourage 8-hour ozone attainment areas nationwide to reduce ozone emissions as needed to maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone. This program will support and reward innovative, voluntary, local strategies to reduce ground-level ozone, thereby improving air quality and helping areas maintain attainment . In addition, the program will allow States and locals to receive "credit" for these efforts in the State/Tribal Implementation Plans, and help them avoid a violation of the 8-hour ozone standard . The 8-0₃FIex program could be considered the third generation of flexible, ozone attainment initiatives, as its predecessors include the Flexible Attainment Region (FAR) and the 1-Hour Ozone Flex program, which focused on taking proactive steps to reduce emissions of ozone-generating pollutants to improve an area's air quality. Areas that participated in the 1-Hour Ozone Flex program are: Austin and Corpus Christi, TX; Little Rock, AR; Shreveport-Bossier City, LA; and Tulsa, OK.

Draft 8-hour Ozone Flex Program Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area

Idling MOA

Sample Idling Implementation Plan

* Message from Mayor Will Wynn

· O3 Flex Guidance Document

· Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

· Click here to see letter from the TCEQ with their responses to questions about participation in the 8-hour Ozone Flex Program (pdf)

Next Meeting

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Previous Meetings

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Time: Thursday, November 13, 2007 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm

Location: CAPCOG Offices; Live Oak Conference Room; 6800 Burleson Road, Building 310, Suite 165; Austin, Texas; Conference Call*

Meeting agenda (pdf file)

Handouts

Agenda Item 4.

O3 Flex Draft Document (Dec 2007) (pdf, doc)

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Time: Thursday, October 18, 2007 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm

Location: CAPCOG Offices, 6800 Burleson Road, Building 310, Suite 165; Austin, Texas; Conference Call*

Meeting Agenda

Handouts:

3. Power Plant Update

· Limestone emissions table

· Limestone power plant impact on ozone in Austin area

5. Comments on EPA standards

· TCEQ's comments on EPAs proposed ozone standard

*You may join the meeting via conference call by dialing 512.974.9300 and pressing 256200 at the prompt.

Friday, August 24, 2007

Time: 10:30 AM

Location: One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Rd (map)

Next 8-hour O3 Flex Planning meeting is scheduled for August 24th at 10:30. The meeting will be at One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Rd, Room 500.

Agenda

click on the link to download:

Austin Round Rock MSA 8-O3 Flex Program (DRAFT)

Items to be discussed at the meeting include:

• local 8-hour O3 Flex commitments (due by August 15th)
• possible changes to the list of measures in response to TCEQ comments
• stakeholder involvement
• potential comments on EPA’s proposed new ozone standard

Useful links and documents regarding new 8-hr ozone standard:

ഗ Proposed New NAAQS (pdf)

ഗ Click here to see fact sheet (exit to the EPA)

ഗ Click here to access Federal Register (exit to the EPA) or click download

ഗ Click here to see public hearings scheduled for the proposed revisions (exit to the EPA) or click download (pdf)

ഗ Austin Air Quality and New 8-hr Ozone Standard (pdf)

Thursday April 26, 2007

Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM

Location: One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Rd (map)

"The main topic of discussion will be getting down to the nuts and bolts of producing the document. I encourage you all to bring your summer vacation calendars, as we will need to figure how to meet all the deadlines without compromising our vacation schedules.

Also, we’ll be discussing the GreenRide measure. Agency updates are always welcome if Kim and Carrie have anything to share."

The 8-hour O3-Flex sub-committee will meet on Thursday April 26, 2007, at 1:30. The meeting will be in the Multi-Purpose Room of the CAMPO offices (on the 4^th floor of One Texas Center).

Wednesday March 21, 2007

· Revised O3 Flex timeline (revised) (*xls, pdf)

· Draft 8-hr Table version 1.0 (xls, pdf)

· Draft 8-hr Table version 2.0 (xls, pdf)

· TCEQ Schedule for document submittal (doc, pdf)

*Note: Editable version is available in xls or doc file format. Printable version is available in pdf format (Acrobat reader required)

Wednesday March 7, 2007

February 7, 2007 (Special Meeting)

Documents

· DRAFT 8-Hour O3Flex Plan Timeline

· DRAFT 8-Hour O3Flex Plan Timeline Chart (Download Excel version)

· 8-Hour O3 Flex Emission Reduction Measure Possibilities