Air Quality is important to everyone! The resources on this site will keep you informed about air quality issues that may affect you and what you can do to help keep our air as clean as possible. You will also find information on ordinances, regulations and business resources pertaining to air quality.

Please note that most Air Quality operations concerning permitting, enforcement, dust, small business assistance, and control strategies are now located on the 3rd floor of City Hall. The new mailing address is:

P.O. Box 1293

Albuquerque, NM 87103

The physical address is 1 Civic Plaza, Room 3047

Our phone numbers and email addresses have not changed. Please be patient while we complete this transition. If you have any questions please call 768-1972.

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	The 2008/2009 Winter Advisory season has ended. Currently it is OK to use you wood burning fireplace or wood burning stove. To request and exemption to the no-burn ordinance go here for more information. To learn more read the How are No-Burn calls made FAQ (26kb)

What's New in Today's Air Quality

Drycleaners Free Business Assistance

Air Quality Division Small Business Assistance and Compliance Assistance staff will be providing Non-Enforcement site visits to all the dry cleaning establishments in Bernalillo County this summer in order to help ensure that these businesses will meet new compliance requirements established in 2006 and amended in 2008 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).

For further information or to schedule a site visit call (505) 768-1964.

• drycleaner cover letter (59kb)
• drycleaner leak detector and monitoring equipment (118kb)
• drycleaner notification of compliance status (100kb)

• American Lung Association Issues State of the Air Report
• Get more milage out of your vehicle and reduce pollution
• Stakeholder Review Draft for Methods and Protocols for Greenhouse Gas Reporting (361kb)
• Read about how pollen is collected and counted

2009 Annual Monitoring Network Review

Posted June 5, 2009 The City of Albuquerque Air Quality Division (AQD) is required to submit an annual monitoring network review to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office in Dallas, Texas. The network plan describes the framework of the local air quality surveillance system, presents monitoring results over the past three years, provides comparisons to national standards, and discusses future plans. The annual monitoring network review must be made available for public inspection for at least 30 days prior to submission to EPA.

• 2009 Annual Network Review Final (486kb)

No comments were received pertaining to this document and the document was sent to EPA Region 6 July 15, 2009.

 

Exceptional Event Flagging Documentation for May 1, 2008 (Posted 03/19/09)

Per 40 CFR Parts 50 and 51 Treatment of Data Influenced by Exceptional Events; Final Rule, March 22, 2007. EPA is requiring that States submit appropriate documentation which demonstrates why a particular event should be considered exceptional for the affected area. The EPA will review the documentation submitted by States concerning high wind events and will make decisions concerning whether to exclude the data as being influenced by an exceptional event on a case-by-case basis. The City of Albuquerque is making available the documentation for an exceptional high wind event that occurred on May 1, 2008 at the 2ZS site EPA ID #35001002681102 (Latitude 35° 8'39.49"N, longitude 106°36'16.94"W). The documentation is required to be posted and publically available for 30 days.

• High Wind Event of May1, 2008 site 350010026 (3116kb)
• The Treatment of Data Influenced by Exceptional Events (347kb)

  Comments to the documentation can be sent to:

  Dan Gates
  11850 Sunset Gardens SW, Albuquerque, NM 87121
  or email: dgates@cabq.gov

Recent EPA Rule Changes or Proposed Changes

• Proposed Revisions to Lead National Air Quality Standards
• Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule; Final Rule (520kb)
• Final Rule on the new Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
• Treatment of Data Influenced by Exceptional Events Rule (4290kb)

 

Special Reports and Studies

• Enchanted Air
• Bernalillo County PM10 EI for 2004
• Albuquerque Ozone Modeling Analysis Project Summary Report

Other Air Quality Information

Vehicle Resources

• Air Care
• Help reduce pollution by taking the bus
• The Drive Smarter Challenge
• Check out the EPA's Vehicle Fuel Economy Comparison
• Tire Pressure and Loading - Why you should check your tire pressure regularly.
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• See how tire pressure can affect your fuel costs
• EPA's Fuel Economy Impact Analysis of Reformulated Gasoline (RFG)
• CDC's Creating A Healthy Environment (815kb)

Public Resources

Business Resources - Serving all Bernalillo County Businesses and Industry