Air Quality Information

Indoor Air Quality Information

Radon

• http://www.cabq.gov/airquality/radon.html

How to Get a Radon Test Kit

• Requests for Radon Test kits can be sent to the National Safety Council’s 1-800-SOS-RADON number ($9.95) or Lowes Home Improvement Centers ($16.88) per the NM Environment Department.
• State of New Mexico Radon Information

General Indoor Air Quality Issues

Private Residence

• http://www.cdc.gov/health/mold.html
• http://www.epa.gov/iaq/
• For a list of Indoor Air Quality service providers consult your local telephone listing

Rental Units, Same information as Private Residence

• Landlord/Tenant Hotline, 644 Alta Vista, Santa Fe, NM – 505-998-4529 or 800-348-9370
• For City of Albuquerque Housing Refer to Housing Code Enforcement – 924-3450
• For Bernalillo County Housing Refer to BC Environmental Health – 314-0310
  http://www.bernco.gov/live/departments.asp?dept=2330

Workplace/Office or Commercial Buildings

• For a City Building – Refer to City of Albuquerque Risk Management – 768-3080
• For a County Building – Refer to Bernalillo County Environmental Health – 314-0310
• For a private Building – NM Occupational Safety & Health Bureau – 827-4230
  http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/indoorairquality/index.html

Schools

• APS
  Environmental Management Department – 765-5950
  http://www.aps.edu/aps/riskmgmt/index.html
• UNM
  Industrial Hygiene – on line http://shea.unm.edu/iaq.php
  Employee/Occupational Health Service – 272-8043
  Physical Plant Department - 277-6467
• TVI
  Risk Management and Safety – 224-4657
  http://planet.tvi.edu/pp/building_administrators/Service_guide.htm
• Tribal
  All Indian Pueblo Council – 505-881-1992
  http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/OOTS/AllIndianPuebloCouncil2006.htm
• Tools for Schools – Matthew Baca, UNM Center for Regional Studies – 505-730-1692
  http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/index.html

Outdoor Air Quality Information

Land Disturbances/Construction Site

• Air Quality Division – 768-1972
  http://www.cabq.gov/airquality/dust.html

Exhaust from Idling Vehicles (Heavy Equipment, Diesel Buses, Trucks, etc.)

• Public Rights-of-Way – Albuquerque Police Department – 242-COPS(2677)
  http://www.cabq.gov/police/reportcrime.html
• Private Property – Planning Department – 924-3450
  http://www.cabq.gov/planning/formsvcs/rescomplaint.html

Sewer or Chlorine Smell

• Refer to Water Authority 24-hour Dispatch – 857-8250
  http://www.cabq.gov/wua/related.html

Sulfur/Sulfide Odors – Natural Gas and Carbon Monoxide Concerns

• Public Service Company of NM – 246-5700 (automated menu)
  http://www.pnm.com/contact/customer_care.htm

Dead Animal Smell

• In City – Refer to Animal Services Division – 768-1975
  http://www.cabq.gov/pets/frequenr.html
• In County – Refer to BC Animal Control and Protection Department– 314 - 0280
  http://www.bernco.gov/live/reportananimal.asp
• In Los Ranchos del Albuquerque - 344-6582 or for after-hours emergency calls 345-9148
  http://www.villr.com/animal.htm

Industrial or Commercial (Business) Related Odors

• City or County – City of Albuquerque Air Quality Division – 768-1972
  http://www.cabq.gov/airquality/
• Chemical or Methamphetamine (Meth) Lab Smell Call - 911

For Outdoor Odor/Other Concerns
Outside City of Albuquerque or Bernalillo County

• New Mexico Department of Health – 841-4100 (Albuquerque Office) – 1-800-825-6639 (State Switch Board)
  http://www.health.state.nm.us/
• NM Environment Department – 222-9500 (Albuquerque Office) – 1-800-825-6639 (State Switch Board)
  http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/