2000 ANNUAL REPORT
ISSUES BY REGION

Brown Cloud Issue Takes Center Stage in Arizona and Nevada

Arizona Governor Hull's "Brown Cloud Summit," initiated in the summer of 2000, searched for solutions to Phoenix's urban haze problem. As part of the effort, several subcommittees were convened including: an Inventory Technical Advisory Group, an On-Road Mobile Control Group, an Off-Road Mobile Control Group, a Stationary and Area Source Controls Group and a Visibility Standard Group.

From the beginning, reformulated diesel was a focal point of the summit. WSPA worked throughout the year to ensure sound science and cost-effectiveness principles were used in the selection of control measures. WSPA also proposed a voluntary early introduction of low sulfur diesel fuel for public fleets as a potential mobile source control measure. The final Brown Cloud report will go to the Governor in January and will be debated in the 2001 Legislative Session. WSPA will file a minority report on the brown cloud issue.

WSPA has also been actively involved in the SB432 legislative subcommittee to address the "Brown Cloud" issue in Las Vegas, Nevada. A final consultant report in the Fall outlined potential control measures and provided recommendations to the 2001 Legislature regarding governmental roles and responsibilities for air quality programs in Clark County, funding requirements, alternative fuels incentive programs and motor vehicle emissions.

WSPA will work with the new jurisdictional agency in the coming year to ensure that control measures will be both cost-effective and feasible.

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