U.S. EPA's 2007 National Air Quality Conference - WEDNESDAY, Orlando, Florida

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2007

7:30 am- 8:30 am

Registration - Harbour Ballroom Foyer

7:30 am –8:30 am

Morning Refreshments/ Exhibits and Posters – Harbour II, III, & IV Ballroom

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Outreach Working Breakfast: "Maps and AirNow.gov"
Join us to share your ideas and expertise, concerns and suggestions.
John White, US EPA
Location: Harrington East & West Ballroom

COMMUNICATING AIR QUALITY AND COMMUNITIES IN MOTION
Strong Partnerships Can Make it Happen 8:00 am – 10:00 am Moderator: Kathy Daniel, US DOT, Federal Highway Administration My Kids, Your Kids, Our Kids (PPT, 44KB) Rebecca Ware, Fort Sill Apache Tribe Using Videos to Assist in NAFTA Truck Inspections (PPT, 11.2MB) Mary Boyer, California Air Resources Board Ozone Precursor Reduction Workshops for Area Source Emitters (PPT, 9.16MB) Joan Steurer, Mid-America Regional Council Mid-Ohio Diesel Collaborative (PPT, 3.76MB) David Abel, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission Q&A (20 minutes) 10:00 am – 10:30 am BREAK

COMMUNICATING AIR QUALITY AND
COMMUNITIES IN MOTION

Strong Partnerships Can Make it Happen
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Moderator:
Kathy Daniel, US DOT, Federal Highway Administration

My Kids, Your Kids, Our Kids (PPT, 44KB)
Rebecca Ware, Fort Sill Apache Tribe
Using Videos to Assist in NAFTA Truck Inspections (PPT, 11.2MB)
Mary Boyer, California Air Resources Board
Ozone Precursor Reduction Workshops for Area Source Emitters (PPT, 9.16MB)
Joan Steurer, Mid-America Regional Council
Mid-Ohio Diesel Collaborative (PPT, 3.76MB)
David Abel, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
Q&A (20 minutes)

10:00 am – 10:30 am BREAK

AIR QUALITY FORECASTING, MAPPING, AND MONITORING
Air Quality Forecast Models: Research and Development 8:00 am – 10:00 am Moderator: John White, US EPA NOAA-EPA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability: Expanded Capability. (PDF, 18 pp., 2MB) Paula Davidson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Impact of WRF Changes on the NAM-CMAQ System Performance (PPT, 2.35MB) Jeff McQueen, NOAA The WRF/Chemistry Air Quality Forecast Model: Updates and Improvements (PPT, 1.3MB) Georg Grell, NOAA Development of a New Canadian Operational Air Quality Forecast Model (PPT, 1.2MB) Sylvain Menard, Environment Canada Air Quality Forecasting at BAMS and Baron Services (PPT, 4.8MB) John McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems Development of the BlueSky Smoke Modeling Framework for RT Smoke Prediction (PPT, 20.4MB) Sim Larkin, USDA Forest Service Q&A

AIR QUALITY FORECASTING, MAPPING,
AND MONITORING

Air Quality Forecast Models: Research and Development
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Moderator: John White, US EPA

NOAA-EPA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability: Expanded Capability. (PDF, 18 pp., 2MB)
Paula Davidson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Impact of WRF Changes on the NAM-CMAQ System Performance (PPT, 2.35MB)
Jeff McQueen, NOAA
The WRF/Chemistry Air Quality Forecast Model: Updates and Improvements (PPT, 1.3MB)
Georg Grell, NOAA
Development of a New Canadian Operational Air Quality Forecast Model (PPT, 1.2MB)
Sylvain Menard, Environment Canada
Air Quality Forecasting at BAMS and Baron Services (PPT, 4.8MB)
John McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems
Development of the BlueSky Smoke Modeling Framework for RT Smoke Prediction (PPT, 20.4MB)
Sim Larkin, USDA Forest Service
Q&A

10:00 am – 10:30 am	BREAK
10:30 am	Exhibits and Poster Tear-down – Salon E
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2007 – CLOSING PLENARY – SALONS F,G,H,I
10:30 am – 12:00 noon	Tough Questions, Good Answers - Salons F,G,H, I Moderators will present odd or difficult questions, and open up the floor to discuss how to best answer them
12:00 noon – 12:30 pm	Closing Remarks Phil Dickerson, AIRNow Program Director, US EPA Colleen Cripps, Deputy Administrator, Nevada Department of Environmental Protection Cory Chadwick, Director, Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services
12:30 pm	Conference Adjourns
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm	Optional Field Trip Oregon Health Sciences University Center for Health and Healing “Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Platinum Certified Building”

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