Midwest Transportation Air Quality Summit

Workshop Presentations
Midwest Transportation Air Quality Summit

Tuesday, October 27

Optional (Parallel) Sessions

Session 1: Overview of EPA’s New MOVES Emissions Model

• Gary Dolce, EPA - An Introduction to Drafts MOVES 2009

Session 2: Status of the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program

• Mike Koontz, FHWA - The Congestion Mitigation and Air
  Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program:
  Trends, Reauthorization, ARRA, etc.!

Federal Panel on Current Regulatory Priorities and Activities

• Cecilia Ho, FHWA - FHWA Air Quality Activities
• Gary Dolce - Federal Panel Current
  Regulatory Priorities and Activities

State/MPO Panel on Current Air Quality and Transportation Issues

• Mike Coulson, East-West Gateway - Current Air Quality and Transportation Issues - The St. Louis Perspective
• Joan Weidner, SEMCOG - Air Quality and Transportation Challenges in Southeast Michigan
• Rob Kaleel, Illinois EPA - Air Quality Standards - Are We There Yet?
• Tom Hanf, Michigan, DOT - A View From In The Middle

• Steve Marquardt, EPA, Region V - Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative
• Darwin Burkhart, Illinois EPA - Funding Summary for the Illinois Clean Diesel Grant Program
• Michael Friedlander, WDNR - Diesel Emission Reductions in Wisconsin

Wednesday, October 28

Climate Change: State, Regional, Local, and Federal Activities

• Rob Kafalenos, FHWA - Transportation and Climate Change
• Nicholas Bianco, WRI - Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord
• Steve Hilberg, Midwest Regional Climate Center - A Perspective on Climate and Midwest Climate Change
• Vince Hellwig, Michigan DEQ - Climate Change, Action in Michigan
• Lewison Lem, CCS - Midwest States Climate Change Activities
• John Zamurs, NY DOT - Documenting GHG Emissions in NEPA Documents, The Role of State DOTs
• Jesse Elam, CMAP - Climate Change and Regional Comprehensive Planning

Lunch Speaker - Lewison Lem, CCS - Climate Change and the Transportation Sector

Developing Better Mobile Source Emissions Inventories

• Gary Dolce, EPA - Using MOVES for Regional Inventory Development
• Jeff Houk, EPA - FHWA's MOVES Sensitivity Testing
• Michael Koerber, LADCO - LADCO’s Mobile Source Emissions Sensitivity Study
• Doug Lawson, NREL - Evaluation of Mobile Source Emission Inventories,or The Contribution of Mobile Source Emissions to Air Quality in the South Coast Air Basin – Past, Present, and Future
• Mark Janssen, LADCO - Use of Travel Demand Modeling in State Emission Inventories

                       
Project-level Analyses

• Gary Dolce, EPA - PM Hot-Spot Modeling Guidance for Transportation Conformity
• Cecilia Ho, FHWA - Meeting EPA’s PM Hot-spot Requirements Qualitatively
• Jeff Houk, FHWA - Implications of MOVES for Project-Level Analyses
• Walt Zynieuski, IDOT - Illinois DOTS's COSIM Model

Thursday, October 29

Mobile Source Air Toxics

• Mike Claggett, FHWA - Implications of MOVES on Mobile Source Air ToxicEmission Estimates
• John Zamurs, NY DOT - NCHRP Project No. 25-25 (Task 18) “Analyzing, Documenting, and Communicating the Impacts of Mobile Source Air Toxic Emissions in the NEPA Process”

Other Mobile Source Research Studies

• Victoria Martinez, FHWA - FHWA & EPA MSAT National Near-roadway Measurement Study
• Scott Dileto, EDI - Measurements During Dan Ryan Reconstruction
• Jay Turner, Washington University - The Midwest Rail Study Phase I
• Mike Claggett, FHWA - Health Effects Institute Traffic-Related Research Studies