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Meetings
Farmington Meeting – November 8, 2006
The fifth face-to-face meeting of the Four Corners Air Quality Task
Force was held November 8, 2006 in Farmington, NM beginning the second
year of a two-year process to develop mitigation options for the Four
Corners area. In brief, half way through the Task Force process the
meeting garnered over 70 participants representing industry, local
government, public interest groups and citizens as well as
representatives from federal, state and tribal agencies.
Participation in the 4CAQTF has increased to 95 Task Force Members
and 105 Interested Parties. We now have about 70 mitigation option
papers. A working draft of the full Task Force Report already is
available on the task force website at:
http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/aqb/4C/DraftTaskForceReport.html.
The draft report is a compilation of mitigation option papers written
so far by members of the Four Corners Air Quality Task Force. The
agencies involved have not reviewed or adopted these options. The
options will be considered following the completion of the Task Force’s
work.
Cortez Meeting - August 9, 2006
The fourth meeting of the Four Corners Air Quality Task Force was
held August 9, 2006 in Cortez, CO. Work Groups on Oil & Gas, Power
Plants, Other Sources, Monitoring, and Cumulative Effects continued to
develop new material, which will be added to the Draft Report each
quarter. In brief, nearly half way through the Task Force process the
meeting garnered some 75 participants representing industry, local
government, public interest groups and citizens as well as
representatives from federal, state and tribal agencies. Participation
in the 4CAQTF has increased to 90 Task Force Members and 90 Interested
Parties. Task Force members continue to be enthusiastic about the
process and have developed drafts of some 35 mitigation options papers
so far. These are posted as the
Draft Task Report.
Farmington Meeting - May 9, 2006
The third meeting of the Four Corners Air Quality Task Force was held
May 9, 2006 in Farmington, NM.
Five work groups focusing on issues related to oil and gas development;
power plants; other air pollution emission sources; cumulative effects;
and air quality monitoring met face-to-face. Technical background
information documents for Modeling; Monitoring; Emissions Inventories;
Air Quality Effects; Legislative, Regulatory, and other initiatives in
the Four Corners region were reviewed and work groups developed work
plans. Participation in the 4CAQTF has increased to 82 Task Force
Members and 86 Interested Parties.
The task force will work over a two-year period, making its final report
available by December 2007.
Durango Meeting - February 8, 2006
The second meeting of the Four Corners Air Quality Task Force was
held February 8, 2006 in Durango, Colorado. The first meetings of the
work groups were held at this meeting. Over 90 people attended this
meeting, including agency representatives, environmental group members,
industry representatives, and members of the public.
Task Force Kickoff
The Kickoff Meeting for the Four Corners Air Quality Task Force was
held November 2, 2005 in the Henderson Fine Arts Center, Room 9012 at
the San Juan Community College at 4601 College Boulevard, Farmington,
New Mexico.
This open-house style meeting took place Wednesday, November 2, from
4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Of the fifty-five people who attended the meeting,
twenty-three signed up to be members of the task force and eleven chose
to remain informed as interested parties. Please note that if you were
unable to attend this meeting and are interested in either signing up
for the Task Force or getting on our email distribution list, please
contact us.
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