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This page last reviewed April 12, 2012
The Interagency Air and Smoke Council (IASC) is established to provide a forum for air regulators, land managers, and fire managers to discuss air quality and smoke management issues in California. If you are an IASC member and would like to add information to this page, please contact Dar Mims at (916) 322-7454.What's New?
IASC 2012 Spring Meeting Presentations
- Day One,
May 2, 2012
Presentations: Presented by: Review of IASC purpose / charter / history / accomplishments John Kennedy (EPA) and Ann Hobbs (Placer County APCD) What’s at risk with attainment designations? Mike Oldershaw (SJVAPCD) Process / status of EPA Fire Policy Don Hodge (EPA) Exceptional Events rule and how it relates to the LMAs fire policy Matt Lakin (EPA) WESTAR update Dan Johnson (WESTAR) Overview of CARPA –California Air Response Planning Alliance John Kennedy - (EPA) and Shelley DuTeaux – (ARB) Trend in planning larger landscape restoration burns Rob Griffith (USFS) / Corky Conover (NPS) - Day Two, May 3, 2012
| Presentations: | Presented by: |
|---|---|
| 2010 Sheep & 2011 Lion Fire Impacts | Daniel Martinez (SJVAPCD) |
| Smoke Impacts in the Great Basin | Jon Becknell (GBUAPCD) |
| Sheep Fire Case Study Discussion | Deb Schweizer (USFS) |
| Lion Fire Case Study Discussion | Brent Skaggs (USFS) |
| Monitoring during the Sheep and Lion | Ricardo Cisneros / Don Schweizer (USFS) |
| A discussion of CANSAC weather products | John Snook (USFS) |
| 1300 Call and other products | Dar Mims (ARB) |
| California Fire Science Consortium update | Tim Klein (CFSC) |
May 2 & 3 Meeting Agenda
Meeting Notes
Past Meetings
- April 1-2, 2008, Meeting
Presentations (format is MS Powerpoint): Presented by: California-Nevada Tahoe Basin Fire Commision Ann Hobbs (Placer Co APCD) Fire Weather / Predictive Services John Snook (North Ops PSU) Update on Smoke and Air Quality Issues Kara Paintner (NPS) The CANSAC/BLUESKY Connection Timothy Brown (DRI) Regional Haze Progress Report Tina Suarez-Murias (ARB) PFIRS Progress Report Jason Branz, Joelle Hulbert (ARB Meteorologists) Impacts of Fires on Yosemite Air Quality, 2007 Leland Tarnay (NPS)
- January 10-11, 2007
- November 15-16, 2005
- November 9-10, 2004
- October 14-16, 2003
- April 23-24, 2003
- January 22-23, 2003
- 2002 Meetings
Other Materials
- IASC Charter (PDF) -- Updated October 2003 Reflections
