WESTAR Planning Committee
2025-11-06 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-04 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-01 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-02-05 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-03-05 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-04-02 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-05-07 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-04 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) and 6 more dates
The WESTAR Planning Committee includes air quality planners from the 15 member states. Planners from Tribal and local air agencies as well as EPA and Federal Land Management agencies are welcome to attend. These calls occur every month on the First Thursday at 2:00 Mountain Time. The purpose of the call is to identify policy issues of concern, make recommendations and comment on EPA policies and proposals, and exchange information and expertise on relevant topics.
If you are interested in attending these calls, please contact Jay Baker at jbaker@westar.org.

WESTAR Technical Committee
2025-11-26 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-24 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-28 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-02-25 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-03-25 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-04-22 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-05-27 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-24 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) and 5 more dates
The WESTAR Technical Committee includes technical professionals from the 15 member states. Participants come from a variety of backgrounds including monitoring, emissions inventory, and modeling analysis. Technical professionals from Tribal and local air agencies as well as EPA and Federal Land Management agencies are welcome to attend. These calls occur every month on the First Thursday at 2:00 Mountain Time. The purpose of the call is to identify policy issues of concern, make recommendations and comment on EPA policies and proposals, and exchange information and expertise on relevant topics.
If you are interested in attending these calls, please contact Jay Baker at jbaker@westar.org.

Advanced Inspector Training (NACT 355)
2025-12-02 08:30 - 2025-12-04 12:00 (America/Denver) | Maricopa County – Security Building – 1A, 234 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The Advanced Inspector Training Course focuses on issues and techniques for the more senior inspector to help enhance and improve their inspection techniques and results. This course does not focus on any specific media but covers subject applicable to inspections in all media. The course is intended to provide additional tools to obtain information before, during, and after an inspection. The course will present “best practices” for conducting inspections and give the students an opportunity to discuss how these “best practices” apply or not to their own inspections. Each class will have the opportunity to discuss and evaluate specific issues or areas of interest to them.

Course Materials

WRAP Technical Steering Committee/Workgroup Co-chairs Coordination Call
2025-12-03 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Denver)
Agenda

Online: Permitting Practice & Principles (PERM 202)
2025-12-09 08:30 - 2025-12-11 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
This course provides hands-on training in the methods and procedures used to review permit applications and to prepare air quality permits. This course is designed for personnel of State and local agencies that have some experience in permit programs. The course is designed primarily for permit writers, but inspectors who must read and interpret permit conditions and make site inspections will benefit as well. Course material will address state and local permits, as well as Title V federal operating permits. Other topics covered will include compliance assurance monitoring; monitoring, reporting, and record-keeping requirements; and toxic air contaminant issues associated with permitting. Those completing this course will gain an understanding of the information associated with permit writing including:

Review of permitting (Definition, Types, Authority, Process, Contents)
State permits
SIP authorized state and local preconstruction review
Delegated federal programs
Title V
Public involvement
New Source Performance Standards
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Toxics Issues

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