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Air Quality Management Districts and Air Pollution Control Districts, California

The air quality management districts and air pollution control districts regulate stationary sources of air pollution, including factories, dumps, and industrial sites. Mobile sources of air pollution, such as cars, trucks, and buses are exempt from their jurisdiction and are regulated in California by the State Air Resources Board (ARB). The 35 local districts have the authority to grant permits, enforce emission regulations, issue violation notices, and impose civil penalties on companies or individuals that violate air quality regulations. They maintain networks of air monitoring stations. Jurisdiction, by law, is largely limited to ambient (outdoor) air. The districts do enforce several U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) regulations on hazardous air pollutants, however, including demolition and disposal of asbestos. For more information about the association of these districts and a directory of the air districts, contact ARB or see http://www.arb.ca.gov/capcoa/capcoa.htm

Air Resources Board, California

P.O. Box 2815
Sacramento, California 95812
(916) 322-2990
http://www.arb.ca.gov

ARB and the local air pollution control and air quality management districts (see description above) work together to preserve and enhance the air quality in California. ARB has publications on air pollution and air toxics.

Air Risk Information Support Center

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-13)
Air Risk Information Support Center
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711

Air Risk Information Support Center Hotline
(919) 541-0888
Fax: (919) 541-1818
http://wwhttp://www.epa.gov/epahome/hotline.htm
Monday - Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time
Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time

The Air Risk Information Support Center (Air RISC) provides, in a timely fashion, technical assistance and information relative to health, exposure, and risk assessments for toxic and criteria air pollutants. U.S. EPA has worked with the State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators (STAPPA), the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials, and U.S. EPA regional offices in the design and development of the Air RISC to ensure that the center will be useful for state and local agencies as well as U.S. EPA Regional Offices. The primary goal of Air RISC is to provide health, exposure, and risk information for state and local air pollution control agencies and U.S. EPA Regional Offices and, where needed, assist in reviewing and interpreting that data.

Air Toxicology and Epidemiology Section

Air Toxicology and Epidemiology Section,
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
1515 Clay Street, 16th Floor
Oakland, California 94612
(510) 622-3150
www.oehha.ca.gov

The Air Toxicology and Epidemiology Section (ATES) of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is responsible for conducting health risk assessments of chemical contaminants in air. In addition, ATES reviews site-specific risk assessments under the Air Toxics Hot Spots program and is developing risk assessment guidance, some of which has been completed, for use in site-specific risk assessment. ATES also makes health-based recommendations to the ARB for ambient air quality standards, and provides health-risk-related assistance and consultation to ARB, air pollution control districts, local health officers, and environmental health officers. ATES plans and conducts epidemiological investigations related to criteria air pollutants.

U.S. EPA Air Toxics Web Site, Technology Transfer Network

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/

There are many different federal, state, tribal and local agencies performing work in the air toxics arena. The work one state may be doing could directly benefit another state with similar air toxics scenarios. Within U.S. EPA there are many different program offices working on different pieces of the air toxics puzzle. U.S. EPA hopes this Web site will become a central clearinghouse and repository for air toxics information from all of these entities--and by sharing information and data, reduce duplication of effort wherever possible.

Clean Air Technology Center

(Formerly the Control Technology Center)
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (MD-12)
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711
(919) 541-5432
CATC Information Line: (919) 541-0800
CATC Fax: (919) 541-0242

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/catc/

The Clean Air Technology Center (CATC) serves as a resource on all areas of emerging and existing air pollution prevention and control technologies, and provides public access to data and information on their use, effectiveness, and cost. In addition, CATC will provide technical support, including access to U.S. EPA's knowledge base, to government agencies (and others as resources allow) related to the technical and economic feasibility, operation, and maintenance of these technologies. CATC provides technical support to the Federal Small Business Assistance Program and the U.S. Mexico Information Center on Air Pollution (Centro de Informacion sobre Contaminacion de Aire or CICA), and access to the RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse and the International Technology Transfer Center for Global Greenhouse Gases.

Health Effects Institute

955 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
(617) 876-6700
FAX: (617) 876-6709
http://www.healtheffects.org/

The Health Effects Institute (HEI) is an independent, nonprofit organization that is supported by U.S. EPA and industry. It is a source of information on the health effects of motor vehicle emissions. HEI has funded over 170 studies and published over 100 research reports, and several special reports.

Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse

P.O. Box 37133
Washington, DC 20013-7133

(800) 438-4318, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday-Friday
(703) 356-4020
Fax: (703) 356-5386
iaqinfo@aol.com
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/

The information center funded by U.S. EPA offers publications and advice.

Indoor Air Quality Branch, California

Environmental Health Laboratory Branch
California Department of Health Services
Environmental Health Investigation Branch
2151 Berkeley Way
Berkeley, California 94704
(510) 540-2476
Fax: (510) 540-3022

http://www.cal-iaq.org/

The Indoor Air Quality Branch (IAQB) is a multi-disciplinary program established in 1982 by state law (Assembly Bill 3200). The program is responsible for conducting, promoting and coordinating research, studies, and surveys relating to the causes, effects and control of indoor air quality. Among the professional disciplines represented by the staff members are chemistry, engineering, epidemiology, microbiology, psychology, and public health. The IAQB provides technical assistance to state and local agencies, and the general public. It also chairs the Interagency Working Group on Indoor Air Quality and publishes the California Indoor Air Quality Assistance Directory.

 

 
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