• Percent of Missourians living where air meets federal ozone, lead and carbon monoxide standards
• Number of ozone exceedances in St. Louis and Kansas City
• Tons of emissions of nitric oxides, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds in St. Louis and Kansas City
• Percentage of sources determined to be in compliance with federal standards for air toxics.

Objective 1

Regulate emissions and reduce the measured concentrations of air pollutants to eliminate exceedances of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards as follows:

• Reduce volatile organic compound emissions in the St. Louis nonattainment area by 15 percent from 284.03 tons per ozone season day (1996 level) to 241.24 tons per ozone season day by 2003.
• Reduce estimated statewide nitric oxide emissions from electric generating units with a capacity of greater than 25 megawatts from 550.06 tons per ozone season day to 332.7 tons per ozone season day by 2003.
• Decrease violations of the one-hour ozone standard in the St. Louis nonattainment area from one site (1999) to zero by 2003.
• Reduce volatile organic compound emissions in the Kansas City nonattainment area from 279.2 tons per ozone season day (2000 level) to 270.7 tons per ozone season day by 2003 (these figures include Kansas' portion of the nonattainment area). Maintain no violations of the one-hour ozone standard in the Kansas City nonattainment area.
• Reduce lead emissions in the Herculaneum nonattainment area and achieve the lead standard by 2002. *
  * The magnitude of emission reductions necessary to achieve the standard is to be determined as part of a modeling effort, which will be completed by October 2000.
  

Objective Measures

• Volatile organic compound emissions in St. Louis and Kansas City
• Statewide nitric oxide emissions from electric generating units with capacities greater than 25 megawatts
• Number of sites with one-hour ozone violations in St. Louis and Kansas City
• Number of lead violations in Herculaneum

Strategies

• Conduct annual emissions inventory. Perform emissions verification, emissions inventory questionnaire audits, training and assistance.
• Issue construction permits and federally enforceable state operating permits in accordance with the state and federal law.
• Implement a viable Clean Air Act compliance assurance and enforcement program including inspections, complaint resolution and timely and appropriate enforcement actions.
• Provide construction permit and operating permit training and application assistance, especially for small businesses.
• Continue implementation of the Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance Program and the Reformulated Gasoline Program in the St. Louis area.
• Fulfill the Clean Air Act requirements in the Kansas City area by reducing volatile organic compound emissions as required by the Kansas City Maintenance Plan.
• Revise St. Louis State Implementation Plan to reduce the emissions of volatile organic compounds by an additional 9 percent, if St. Louis is reclassified as a serious nonattainment area.
• Implement regulations to control nitric oxide emissions from electric generating units with capacities greater than 25 megawatts, including an emissions banking and trading program.
• Develop and use State Implementation Plans for lead facilities with compliance schedules and contingency measures.
• Continue to conduct ambient air-monitoring programs in the nonattainment areas.
• Increase the number of consultations with industry regarding the economic benefit of practices that reduce air pollution.
• Assess new federal air quality standards as they are promulgated and implemented, particularly the fine particle and the eight-hour ozone standards.
• Continue financial and technical support and guidance for local air agencies (St. Louis, St. Louis County, Kansas City and Springfield).
• Promote the use of Environmental Management Systems to improve environmental performance by the regulated community.

Objective 2

Maintain air quality so that monitors continue to show no violations of the current National Ambient Air Quality Standards for criteria pollutants in areas outside the current nonattainment areas (attainment areas).

Objective Measure

Number of National Ambient Air Quality Standards violations in nonattainment areas

Strategies

• Conduct annual emissions inventory surveys. Perform emissions verification, emissions inventory questionnaire audits and provide training and assistance.
• Issue construction permits and federally enforceable state operating permits in accordance with the state and federal law.
• Implement a viable Clean Air Act compliance assurance and enforcement program including inspections, complaint resolution and timely and appropriate enforcement actions.
• Provide construction permit and operating permit training and application assistance, especially for small businesses.
• Expand and operate an ambient air monitoring network to provide air-quality monitoring at sites throughout the state.
• Complete development and implement lead maintenance plan for the Doe Run Bixby nonattainment area.
• Increase the number of consultations with industry regarding the economic benefit of practices that reduce air pollution.
• Promote the use of Environmental Management Systems to improve environmental performance by the regulated community.

Objective 3

Maintain regulation of hazardous air pollutant emissions as follows:

• Maintain identification of 100 percent of all new subject hazardous air pollutant sources during the permit application process to assure that concentrations will not exceed acceptable ambient levels.
• Install and operate one "Clean Air Project" monitor to collect speciated Hazardous Air Pollutant data by 2001.

Objective Measures

• Percent of subject hazardous air pollutant applications reviewed for acceptable ambient levels
• Number of "Clean Air Project" monitors
• Number of Maximum Achievable Control Technology sources determined to be in compliance

Strategies

• Propose adoption by reference all newly promulgated federal National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, Maximum Achievable Control Technology and New Source Performance Standards regulations within 24 months of promulgation.
• Continue to implement the federal asbestos program that was adopted on Nov. 1, 1999.
• Issue construction and federally enforceable state operating permits in accordance with the Missouri Air Law.
• Implement the federal Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards and review, all major sources of toxic emissions.
• Annually adopt by reference federal Maximum Achievable Control Technology standards into the Code of State Regulations to allow Missouri to enforce them under our EPA delegation agreement.
• Implement a viable Clean Air Act compliance assurance and enforcement program including inspections, complaint resolution and timely and appropriate enforcement actions.
• Provide construction permit and operating permit training and application assistance, especially for small businesses.
• Expand and operate a hazardous-air-pollutants-monitoring network to provide air-quality data at sites throughout the state. Collect two full years of monitoring data by the end of 2005.
• Promote the use of Environmental Management Systems to improve environmental performance by the regulated community.

Protection of the state's pristine air quality areas

Outcome Measure

Visibility measurements at Hercules Glade and Mingo National Wildlife Refuge*
* This data is not yet collected. The objective below focuses on establishing the monitoring system needed to collect this data.

Objective 1

Establish a visibility monitoring network by 2001 and develop a Regional Haze State Implementation Plan by 2006 as required by federal regulations.

Objective Measure

Visibility monitoring network and state implementation plan *
* In accordance with the federal regulation, the emission reductions necessary for reasonable progress will be determined after a minimum of three years worth of data are collected.

Strategies

• Analyze speciation data and determine visibility impairment culpability using computer modeling and data analysis.
• Establish reasonable progress goals for each of the Class I areas to improve visibility on the haziest days and to ensure that no degradation occurs on the clearest days.
• Make reasonable progress to reduce emissions of air pollutants that contribute to regional haze by 2008.
• Issue preconstruction permits under New Source Review and Prevention of Significant Deterioration programs.
• Work with other states to determine if out-state sources are contributing to visibility impairment in Missouri's Class I areas, and to determine if sources in Missouri are contributing to impairment in other states.
• Develop a regional haze plan in accordance with federal regulations that reduces culpable emissions and improves visibility.
• By 2060, eliminate manmade contributions to visibility impairment in Hercules Glade and Mingo National Wildlife Refuge according to federal regulations.

Reduction in Missouri's contribution to global climate change

Outcome Measure

Missouri's carbon dioxide emissions

Objective 1

Decrease carbon dioxide emissions from energy use by state government, schools and local government as follows:

• Reduce carbon dioxide emissions from state government facilities and fleet operations by 10,000 tons per year compared to emissions that would otherwise occur by 2005.
• Reduce carbon dioxide emissions from local government and school buildings by 35,000 tons per year compared to emissions that would otherwise occur by 2005.
• Reduce carbon dioxide emissions from low-income residential consumers by 7,000 tons per year by 2005 compared to emissions that would otherwise occur.

Objective Measure

Carbon dioxide emissions reductions

Strategies

• Promote energy efficiency measures and displacement in the use of fossil fuels.
• Analyze and report energy-related and greenhouse gas emissions, trends and projections data for general public and decision makers as part of Energy and Environmental Indicators report.
• Disseminate best available state, regional and national data and climate protection information, including data from MoDNR's 1995 Greenhouse Gas Source Inventory, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Trends Report, Report of Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Options and Greenhouse Gas Fact Sheets.
• Provide technical assistance to facilitate policy actions that can benefit state economy and environment to resolve long-term problem of global climate changes.