Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative, 57 Woodfin Place, Asheville, NC 28801

B -- ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND TRANSPORTATION INCENTIVES FOR AIR EMISSION REDUCTIONS SOL PAC01 DUE 030700 POC Tom Elmore (828) 251-6000 WEB: click here to visit the sami website where the full, http://www.saminet.org. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer, sami@landofsky.org. The Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative (SAMI) seeks proposals to assist in developing and evaluating demand management strategies based on incentives to reduce air emissions. The focus of this work is to evaluate the economic rationality of various alternative incentive-based emission management strategies designed to induce behavioral change in the consumer behavior of individuals and organizations. The topic areas for strategy development are energy conservation and transportation. It is important to note that each topic area has its own budget and work products. You have the option of bidding on one or both components of the RFP. The full text of the RFP is available at www.saminet.org. This work will explore the effectiveness of incentive-based programs and systems based on their relative abilities to reduce a broad range of air pollutant emissions including NOx, SOx, VOCs, CO, PM10, and PM2.5. These emissions are of particular interest to SAMI because they contribute to ozone, acid deposition, and haze pollution that effects the ten Class 1 National Parks and Wilderness Areas in the Southern Appalachian region. (Refer to map at www.saminet.org) The requested assistance will include: 1. Screening potential strategies, 1. Working with SAMI to select the most effective strategies to reduce the emissions of concern, 2. Recommending approaches to implement these strategies in the eight SAMI states, and 3. Defining the changes in emissions that are likely to result from implementing the selected strategies. The budget for this work is $70,000 with the proposal(s) due March 7, 2000. Award is expected in early April and completion of the work is expected by October 2000, with final reports due by December 1, 2000. The SAMI modeling area is the Eastern US although specific programs will be recommended for the eight SAMI states (AL, GA, SC, NC, TN, KY, WV and VA). The planning period runs from 1990 through 2040 with particular focus on 2010 and 2040. The starting point for this work is SAMI's emission database that characterizes the 1990 base year emissions and the projected emissions in 2010 and 2040 that are likely to result from implementation of the Clean Air Act Amendments. That database was developed to support air quality modeling in SAMI's Integrated Assessment and will be provided to the contractor. With this, the contractor will be expected to assess the changes in emission that would occur if a set of incentive-based strategies are implemented. II. CONFERENCE CALL FOR QUESTIONS If you or your organization intends to respond to this RFP, please inform Faye Keanum by phone or voice mail message at (828) 251- 6000 (extension 100) no later than February 18th, 2000. Provide the name, telephone number, email, and fax number of the individual coordinating the response, as well as the firm's name, if applicable. If you or your organization is interested and qualified to respond to this RFP, please arrange to have representation on the February 22, 2000 conference call. The call will begin at 3:00p.m. EST and end no later than 5:00. Thecall-in number is 202-260-1015 followed by the access code 1778#. So that all interested responders have equal access to information, this call will be your ONLY opportunity for asking questions. SAMI staff, along with Public AdvisoryCommittee members will be on the call to answer your questions. III. SAMI BACKGROUND SAMI is a non-profit organization whose mission is, "Through cooperative effort, identify and recommend reasonable measures to remedy existing and prevent future adverse effects from human-induced air pollution on the air quality related values of the Southern Appalachians, primarily those of Class I parks and wilderness areas, weighing the environmental and socioeconomic implications of any recommendations." SAMI is led by eight states (AL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) with participation by the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Park Service, the US Forest Service, industries, academia, environmental organizations, and other stakeholders across the region. (for additional information refer to www.saminet.org)SAMI is conducting an Integrated Assessment that simultaneously focuses on ozone, acid deposition, and suspended aerosols that impair visibility. The assessment is evaluating the environmental and socioeconomic responses to changes in air emissions due to implementation of current requirements of the Clean Air Act and to additional strategies that SAMI is considering. The assessment results will guide SAMI's policy recommendations to the eight SAMI states for implementation of emissions management options. The full text of the RFP is available at www.saminet.org. Posted 02/11/00 (W-SN424564). (0042)

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