MATES III
As part of the
2003-04
Environmental Justice Workplan, the AQMD will conduct a Multiple Air
Toxics Exposure Study beginning in 2004. A
Technical Advisory Group
has been formed and meets periodically to
provide technical review and input to staff during this study. These
meetings are open to the public. The first meeting of this Group was
held on December 9, 2003. Agendas, presentations and other materials
handed out at the Advisory Group meetings, and information regarding
future meetings are available at
MATES III Study
Technical Advisory Group Meetings.
MATES II
At its October 10, 1997 meeting, the SCAQMD Governing Board directed
staff to conduct a major air toxic evaluation program, referred to as
MATES II (Multiple Air Toxics Exposure Study) to quantify the current
magnitude of population exposure risk from existing sources of selected
air toxic contaminants. This program was more comprehensive than a
similar study conducted over a decade ago in MATES I, in that more sites
were sampled, more toxic compounds were analyzed, and other elements
such as microscale modeling were also incorporated into the study. The
AQMD conducted this study in three parts addressing; (1) Air Toxic
Monitoring; (2) Air Toxic Emissions Inventory Enhancements; and (3)
Air Toxic Modeling and Risk Assessment. Further information
is found in the Historic and
Current Air Toxics Levels section of the
Air Toxics Control Plan.
MATES I
The first Multiple Air Toxics Exposure Study was conducted in 1986-87
and the findings published in June 1987. This document is not
available online, but a reference copy may be consulted in the AQMD's
Library.
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