Reaching New Heights Tools and Data for air quality planning in

Reaching New Heights Tools and Data for air quality planning in the Intermountain West Intermountain West Data Warehouse Presenter: Agency: Contact Information: Date:

Intermountain West Data Warehouse - Presentation Overview Why a Data Warehouse? Highlights Effective Tools for Achieving Clean Air Gold Standard Data Recipe for Success Who Benefits? How Does it Work? Status of Current & Future Efforts Opportunities for Involvement

Why a Data Warehouse? Cost-Effective Cost-Effective High HighQuality Quality Convenient Convenient Comprehensive Comprehensive Widely-Supported Widely-Supported

Effective Tools for Achieving Clean clean air depends on making smart development and AirFuture regulation decisions today.

Effective Air Quality Planning Tools The Intermountain West Data Warehouse provides high quality tools for understanding and assessing the effects of current and future energy development and associated emissions on air quality. Data and Results for air quality planning: Emission inventories, both current & future Modeling (e.g., meteorology, emissions, air quality) Monitoring networks and data access Data Warehouse tools will include: Visualization of the potential air quality impacts (spatially and temporally) Assessment of emissions trends and individual source contributions Evaluation of air quality models

Recognized Value The Intermountain West Data Warehouse has been available for less than a year and is already being used in several air quality planning projects. Example Air Quality Projects: Wyoming NEPA air quality analyses: Converse County EIS Greater Crossbow EIS Hiawatha EIS Colorado Ozone State Implementation Plan New Mexico Ozone Studies

History of Collaborations “Western Energy Alliance values the partnership with WRAP working on air emissions inventories and modeling over many years. WRAP enables the oil and natural gas industry to work more effectively on air quality issues. By combining technical expertise with the ability to bring all stakeholders together, WRAP delivers accurate, credible information to inform regulatory policy across the West.”

Gold Standard Data The Intermountain West Data Warehouse contains the most robust air quality data and modeling resources on a regional scale.

What makes it so noteworthy? The Data Warehouse provides a comprehensive air quality database that is endorsed by multiple regulatory and authorizing agencies. Quality of Data Warehouse Products: Developed, reviewed, continuously tested by leading air scientists and cooperating agencies. Open source and well-documented methodology and analyses. Monitoring Products: Regulatory-grade monitors to establish and track baseline conditions.

What makes it so noteworthy? The Data Warehouse provides a comprehensive air quality database that is endorsed by multiple regulatory and authorizing agencies. Emissions Data: Most current and comprehensive representation of pollutant emissions and source sectors. Focus on intermountain west and tailored toward optimal characterization of regional emissions and oil and gas emissions. Modeling Results: Uses latest, most reliable, and approved data and model platforms. Predicts air quality indicators and trends critical to planning: Ozone, Visibility, and Deposition

Emphasis on Energy Development Projects Industry support for the Data Warehouse and regional air quality modeling products. “BP America Production Company has supported the development and use of air emissions inventory data in modeling analyses by WRAP in various projects and studies. The warehousing of those data and modeling results have assisted BP and the rest of the oil and natural gas industry by providing our best available estimates of emissions and air quality results. BP supports the use of the Intermountain West Data Warehouse and Western Air Quality Study modeling to accomplish technical inputs to NEPA air quality studies and other air quality planning efforts across the West.”

Recipe for Success Trusted resources from the Intermountain West Data Warehouse reduce the uncertainty, time, and expense of starting an air quality analysis from scratch.

Trusted and High Quality Data Products The Data Warehouse provides a centralized platform to store and share data, reducing the uncertainty, redundancy, and resources needed for air quality project analyses. Increased level of confidence in air quality analyses as a result of: Data products reviewed and approved by project cooperators. Agreement among regulatory and authorizing agencies on air quality analysis techniques. Consistency among data formats, data quality, data updates, data collection, and analytical assumptions. Streamlining a process for air quality analyses.

Save TIME and MONEY The Data Warehouse consolidates data, resources, and expertise to produce more efficient and expeditious analyses for air quality planning projects. Time-savings for future projects that utilize the Data Warehouse: 1 to 2 years per project Cost-savings for projects that utilize the Data Warehouse: 300,000 to 800,000 per project Projects would NOT need to generate: Model Input Data for Baseline Period No-Action Scenario for Future Model Simulation Model Performance Evaluations

Who Benefits? You may be surprised at the wide range of groups positively affected by the Intermountain West Data Warehouse.

Beneficiaries: 1. Oil and gas companies – Better information for air quality analysis will save money! 2. Scientists – High quality basis for research in the region. 3. Land managers – Better understanding of potential effects of projects. 4. Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts – Clearer views and easier breathing from more effective mitigation of air pollution. 5. Ozone sensitive plants – More effective protection of vegetation resources through better air quality analyses. 6. Air quality regulators – Better information for healthy air. 7. Decision-makers – Better science-based information. 8. Tax payers – Business of government is more efficient.

Intermountain West Data Warehouse - How does it work? Hosts Monitoring data Emissions data Modeling results Data visualization tools Delivers, tracks, and receives data from various modeling studies. Conducts routine baseline simulations and model performance evaluations. Website address: http://views.cira.colostate.edu/tsdw/

Intermountain West Data Warehouse - Status of Current Efforts 2008 modeling platform is complete and available. 2011 modeling platform is complete and available. Nearing completion of improved 2011 modeling platform with future year. Operational data warehouse. Ozone monitoring of underrepresented areas underway for air quality impacts and model evaluation. Network evaluation of all regional monitoring sites completed early 2013.

Intermountain West Data Warehouse - Status of Future Efforts Planned/Budgeted Future Efforts: Update emissions inventories for 2014 projected emissions Develop 2014 modeling platform Continue operation of monitoring sites Enhance data evaluation and visualization tools On-going/Unbudgeted Future Efforts: Emission inventory and baseline modeling development every 3 years Operate ozone monitoring in under-represented areas Operate and maintain data warehouse Conduct additional modeling to improve model performance and representativeness

Intermountain West Data Warehouse - Sustainability of Data Warehouse Federal Investment: 2011 through Mid-2016 Data Warehouse and Modeling Effort: More than 3 million Funding Needs: By Mid-2016 to Early 2017 Data Warehouse Maintenance: Minimum of 275k/year 2014 Baseline and Future Modeling Platform: 900k

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Intermountain West Data Warehouse - Cooperating Agencies and our partners at the Western States Air Resources Council (WESTAR) / Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) and the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere based at Colorado State University.