 WELCOME! The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) is the air pollution control agency for all of Orange County and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. This is the second most populated urban area in the United States and one of the smoggiest. AQMD
is committed to undertaking all necessary steps to protect
public health from air pollution, with sensitivity to the
impacts of its actions on the community and businesses. |
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AQMD News
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 Southland
Air Toxics Study Shows Overall Decrease in
Cancer Risk
A multi-year study on toxic air pollution in the Southland shows
an overall 8 percent decrease in cancer risk from air pollution
but increases in some areas of the region.
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 AQMD
Strengthens Rules for Natural Gas-Fired Boilers and Heaters
AQMD has recently approved two measures that will require thousands of
natural gas-fired boilers, steam generators and heaters operated
by schools, hospitals, and industrial and commercial facilities
throughout the region to meet more stringent emission limits.
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 AQMD
Goes to the L.A. County Fair
Be sure to stop by and visit AQMD’s exhibit at the 2008 L.A.
County Fair in Pomona, Sept. 5-28. AQMD’s exhibit in the new
“Going Green – Making a World of Difference” attraction will
provide fair-goers with lots of useful tips on the many ways
they can help clean up our air! For information, visit the L.A.
County Fair website at
http://www.lacountyfair.com/2008/index.asp |
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 2008
Leaf Blower Exchange Another Sell-Out
Professional gardeners did their part for clean air this summer
by exchanging 1,500 older, dirtier leaf blowers for new,
low-polluting and low-noise models, at ten events held across
the Southland, helping to reduce 14 tons per year of
smog-forming pollution.
Click here to sign-up to receive e-mail notification of
future exchange events. |
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 Green
Technology Conference to be held in Long Beach Sept. 14-16
“The Future is Green” Conference hosted by the California Air
Pollution Control Officers Association will be held at the Long
Beach Convention Center and feature exhibits and sessions on a
variety of clean air technology topics and nearly 100
exhibitors and 40 clean fuel vehicles. For registration
information, please visit the
CAPCOA event
page.
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 Air
Quality Information Just a Click Away
Southland residents can now receive local air quality
notifications via e-mail on a daily basis by signing up for
EnviroFlash – a free system offered through the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency in partnership with AQMD. The
system provides easy access to national and local air quality
information. Signing up is easy.
Click here for more information. |
