First Meeting
May 3, 2019
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; 111 North Hope St;
Los Angeles, CA 90012
MEETING AGENDA
Friday, May 3rd
| 8:30 - 9:50 AM | Panel members and National Academies staff meet in closed session. |
| 10:00 PDT | Opening Remarks and Introduction of Panel Members Dr. David Allen, OLSAP Chair |
| Owens Lake History and Context | |
| 10:05 | Regulatory and Dust Control Implementation History Phillip L. Kiddoo, Air Pollution Control Officer, GBUAPCD |
| 10:30 | Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Project Phases Jaime Valenzuela, Manager of Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Group, LADWP |
| 10:45 | Overview of Dust Control Measure Development History Dr. Grace Holder, Senior Scientist, GBUAPCD |
| 11:15 | Questions from the Panel |
| Current Dust Control Status and Regulatory Requirements | |
| 11:30 | Current Dust Control Status, BACM, and Regulatory Requirements Ann Logan, Deputy Air Pollution Control Officer, GBUAPCD |
| 11:45 | LADWP Current Operations, Maintenance, Infrastructure and Constraints Jennifer Wong, Manager of Owens Lake Engineering, LADWP |
| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| Key Constraints in Considering Alternative Dust Control Measures | |
| 1:00 | District’s Constraints and Considerations Phillip L. Kiddoo, Dr. Grace Holder, and Ann Logan, GBUAPCD |
| 1:15 | LADWP Regulatory Constraints, Obligations, and Considerations Arrash Agahi, Capital Development & Implementation, LADWP |
| 1:35 | Questions from the Panel |
| Specific Measures for Panel Consideration | |
| 1:55 | Shrubs Dr. Evan Burgess, Air Sciences, Inc. |
| 2:40 | Shallow Flooding Wetness Cover Refinement Test/Soil Moisture John Bannister, Air Sciences, Inc. |
| 3:25 | District Recommendations for the Panel Dr. Grace Holder, Senior Scientist, GBUAPCD |
| 3:30 | Break |
| 3:40 | Questions from the Panel |
| Perspectives on OLSAP’s Task Allotted times include 5 minutes for questions from the panel. | |
| 4:00 | Jennifer Mattox, Science Policy Advisor, California State Lands Commission |
| 4:20 | Kathy Bancroft, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation |
| 4:40 | Danelle Gutierrez, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Big Pine Paiute Tribe of Owens Valley |
| Opportunity for Public Comment | |
| 5:00 | To make a comment, sign-up by 4:00 PM (PDT), either at the registration table outside of the meeting room or via email to Carly Brody at CBrody@nas.edu. Each speaker will have a maximum time limit of 3 to 5 minutes. Accompanying written materials are encouraged. |
| 5:30 | End of Open Session |
Information Gathering via Webinars
July 17-18, 2019
MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, July 17
| 6:00 PM (EDT) | Opening Remarks and Introductions of OLSAP Members Armistead Russell, panel member |
| 6:10 | Air Quality Modeling for the 2016 SIP Attainment Demonstration Ken Richmond, RamBoll |
| 6:40 | Questions from the panel |
| 6:55 | Previous BACM Performance and Modelling Approaches Used for Predicting BACM Impact Grace Holder, GBUAPCD |
| 7:10 | Questions from the panel |
| 7:20 | BACM Testing and Assessment Grace Holder, GBUAPCD |
| 7:35 | Questions from the panel |
| 7:45 | End of open session |
Thursday, July 18
| 6:00 PM (EDT) | Opening Remarks and Introductions of OLSAP Members David Allen, panel chair |
| 6:10 PM | Hydrology of Owens Valley and Owens Lake and Effects of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Saeed Jorat, LADWP, Eastern Sierra Environmental Group |
| 6:40 | Questions from the panel |
| 6:55 | End of open session |
Information-Gathering Session
July 23, 2019
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Sulfate Facility
111 Sulfate Rd, Keeler CA, 93530
AGENDA
Tuesday, July 23rd
| 7:30 – 11:30 AM | Owens Lake Field Orientation (Part 1) (PDT) |
| 1:00 | Opening Remarks and Introduction of Panel Members David Allen, OLSAP Chair |
| 1:10 | CDFW Role in the Owens Dry Lakebed Management Patricia (Trisha) Moyer, California Department of Fish and Wildlife |
| 1:25 | Peter Pumphrey and Michael Prather, Eastern Sierra Audubon |
| 2:10 | Ecology of Owens Lake Jeffrey Nordin, LADWP |
| 2:45 | Break |
| 3:00 | Climate Change Study on Eastern Sierra Watershed Theresa Kim, LADWP |
| Opportunity for Public Comment | |
| 3:45 | To make a comment, sign-up by 3:00 PM (PDT) at the registration table in the meeting room. Each speaker will have a maximum time limit of 3 to 5 minutes. Written comments can be submitted remotely to Rita Gaskins via either the Zoom chat function or email at RGaskins@nas.edu. |
| 4:30 | End of Open Session |
Information Gathering via Webinar
August 20, 2019
MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, August 20
| 10:30 AM (EDT) | Opening Remarks and Introductions of OLSAP Members Dave Allen, panel chair |
| 10:35 | Update on Air Quality Modeling and Monitoring in the Owens Valley Planning Area for the PM10 National Ambient Air Quality Standards Ann Logan, GBUAPCD |
| 10:50 | Questions from the Panel |
| 11:05 | Potential Dust Control Measures at Owens Lake: Brief Summaries Regarding Performance, Applicability, and Other Aspects |
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| Grace Holder, GBUAPCD | |
| 11:30 |
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| Mark Schaaf, Air Sciences Inc. (consultant to LADWP) | |
| 12:05 | Questions from the Panel |
| 12:30 | End of Open Session |
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