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 Air Pollution Information

 

 

    POLLUTION CONTROL

Memphis and Shelby County Health Department
814 Jefferson Avenue
Memphis, TN   38105

Phone: (901) 544-7775
Fax: (901) 544-7310


Robert Rogers, P.E.
Technical Manager

( click here for contact information )

Mission and Duties:

Pollution Control is directed to maintain the purity of the air resources of Shelby County in order to protection of normal health, general welfare, and physical property of the people while preserving maximum employment and enhancing the industrial development of the County. The Section establishes air emission standards and requirements to monitor air pollution sources through the issuance of construction and operating permits. Other duties include conducting source visits and compliance inspections, developing enforcement cases on violations of the regulations, monitoring local ambient air quality, performing and observing stack tests, and collecting and disseminating information relative to the control of air pollution. It also permits and inspects monitoring, water production, and residential wells and deep soil borings.

Many forms and documents in this section are availble in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. If you don't have the reader, click on the ICON to the right.  


AIR QUALITY
 

  Memphis Area Ride Share

      Air Quality Kids Page    
    

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Daily Air Quality Forecast
    Daily Ozone and PM2.5 Forecasts


 


Monthly Air Pollution Public Notices

    Title V, Monthly Permitting Actions
and Air/Water Board Meetings


 
 


Memphis - Shelby County Air Code 
  
Memphis and Shelby County Air Pollution Control Codes, documents and reference table.

Air Quality Construction Permits
     Who needs one and when

Title V Air Permit Application Forms
 

   (Shelby County Version) 
 

Non-Title V Application Forms
 

   Information and Permits for "non-major" contaminant sources


 

ASBESTOS



Notification of Asbestos Demolition/Renovation Application Forms
     Everything about Asbestos requirements
 
 
 
OPEN AIR BURNING
 


   
Open Burning - Requirements for Obtaining a Permit
    Information about open burning
   
 
WATER
 
 
Water Well Application Form 
       Information on well construction requirements
 
 
Monitoring Well, Soil Boring, and Remediation Activity
       Special well requirement information
 
 
Well Survey Program
 

   Requirements for wells in Shelby County 

  
 
Subsurface Sewage Disposal System Applications 
       Requirements for sewage disposal systems install and repair.



 


 
 

 
ENVIRONMENTAL LINKS


State of Tennessee Environmental Links


Regional/National Environmental Links

For Pollution Control phone numbers and email addresses, Click here

       Memphis Area Ride Share

State of Tennessee Environmental Links

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation 
TDEC Air Permitting Handbook 
Visible Emissions Evaluation (Smoke School) Course Schedule
and Registration Information

Regional/National Environmental Links

Air Pollution Distance Learning Network (APDLN)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air Programs
STAPPA/ALAPCO
American Lung Association
American Water Works Association
The Groundwater Foundation
U.S. Geological Survey
American Geological Institute