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R -- EMISSIONS INFORMATION ACQUISITION AND VERIFICATION SOL 98WGA002WRAP DUE 112098 POC John Leary, (303) 623-9378 WEB: Western Governors' Association, http://www.westgov.org. E-MAIL: Western Governors' Association, jleary@westgov.org. As a follow-up to the GCVTC, the Western Regional Air Partnership was created and its initial goal is to facilitate implementation of the recommendations of the GCVTC. The GCVTC recommendations describe a number of tasks for a range of sources. More specifically, the Commission recommendations call for development of a backstop emissions trading program for stationary sources of SO2 to be implemented if emission reduction targets are not met. Targets are set to reduce regional SO2 emissions by 50% to 70% between the years 1990 and 2040. The GCVTC modeling used the Integrated Assessment System (IAS), which only showed 30% to 40% reductions, because of missing and perhaps incorrect information. In order to true-up the emissions forecast using the IAS as suggested by the Commission, it will be necessary to collect some additional data and verify other information. Posted 10/19/98 (D-SN263163). (0292)

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