Fact Sheets / FAQs

This page last reviewed May 12, 2016

The following fact sheets, frequently asked questions (FAQs), brochures, pamphlets, etc. provide general background on a variety of issues. For further information, please contact our Helpline.

Abrasive Blasting

Air Pollutants

• Air Quality Index (AQI)
  
  
• Air Quality and Meterological Information System (AQMIS) - FAQs
  
  
• Ambient Air Quality Data - FAQs
  
  
• Ambient Air Quality Standards
  
  
• Health and Air Pollution
  
  
• Ozone and Health
  
  
• Particulate Matter (PM10) Air Pollution
  
  
• What Would You Like to Know About California's Air Quality?
  
  

Asbestos

• Fact Sheets and Related Links
  
  
• Naturally-Occurring Asbestos General Information - Fact Sheets
  
  

Bicycles

Climate Change

Coatings

• Auto Refinishing Coatings - English or Spanish
  
  
• Auto Refinishing Coatings - Suggested Control Measure - English or Spanish
  
  
• Chrome Plating Fact Sheet 
  
  
• Thermal Spraying
  
  

Community Health

Compliance Assistance and Training Programs

• Training 
  
  
• Videos
  
  

Consumer Products

• Air Cleaners and Particles
  • Air Cleaning Devices For The Home - FAQs
    
    
  • Beware of Ozone-Generating Indoor "Air Purifiers"
    
    
  • Regulation to Limit Ozone Emissions from Indoor Air Cleaning Devices
    
    
  • Updated List of Ozone Generators Sold as Air Purifiers
    
    
• Automotive Cleaning and Degreasing Products - English or Spanish
  
  
• Cleaning Products
  
  
• Consumer Products and Air Pollution
  
  
• Composite Wood Products
  
  
• Consumer Products and Smog
  
  
• Portable Fuel Containers (Gas Cans)
  
  
• Windshield Washer Fluid
  
  
• Wood Burning Handbook
  
  

Diesel Topics

(see also Vehicles" below)

1. Diesel Health Effects

   • CA Accomplishments in Reducing Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions
     
     
   • CA Plan to Reduce Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions - English or Spanish
     
     
   • Children's School Bus Exposure Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
     
     
   • Diesel Exhaust and Health Effects: Overview
     
     
   • Diesel Health Effects: Summary
     
     
   • Diesel PM Health Risk Assessment - West Oakland
     
     
   • Diesel Risk Reduction Plan - Fact Sheets: English or Spanish
     
     

1. Mobile Vehicles and Equipment

   • Diesel Trucks, Buses, Trailers and Refer Units: Multiregulation summary.
     
     
   • Cargo Handling Equipment Regulation
     
     
   • Commercial and Charter Fishing - Fact Sheet
     
     
   • Commercial Harbor Craft Regulation
     
     
   • Heavy Duty (Tractor-Trailer) Greenhouse Gas Regulation
     
     
   • Idling Limitations of School Buses at Schools
     
     
   • Port (Drayage) Trucks Regulation - English or Spanish
     
     
   • Port (Drayage) Trucks Registry - English or Spanish
     
     

1. Stationary Engines and Portable Equipment

   • In-Use Stationary Diesel Agricultural Engines
     
     
   • Stationary Diesel Engine ATCM - FAQs
     
     
   • Stationary Diesel Engine Reporting Requirements
     
     
   • Transport Refrigeration Units (TRU) and TRU Generator Sets - English or  Spanish
     
     
   • Transport Refrigeration Units (TRU) - FAQs and Guidelines
     
     

1. Diesel Fuels

   • CA Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel
     
     

1. Related Programs, Plans and Other Topics

   • Carl Moyer Diesel Incentives Program Fact Sheets
     • Carl Moyer Program Fact Sheet
       
       
     • TIMBER Program Fact Sheet
       
       
     • On-Road VIP Fact Sheet
       
       
   • Terminal Rental Adjustment Clause Leases (TRAC) New Financing Option
     
     

Dry Cleaning

Fuel Cells

Fuels

• Cutting petroleum use in half by 2030
  
  
• Reducir por la mitad el uso de petroleo para el 2030
  
  
• CA Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel
  
  
• E85 and Flexible Fuel Vehicles
  
  
• Hydrogen Highway - Fact Sheets and FAQs
  
  
• Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel - Fact Sheet
  
  
• Portable Fuel Containers (Gas Cans)
  
  
• Reformulated Gasoline - FAQs
  
  
• Spanish Fact Sheet: 2001-01-00 California Reformulated Gas (Hoja de Datos, Gasolina Reformulada de California
  
  
• Spanish Fact Sheet: 2002-06-00 Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) (Hoja de Datos, MTBE, Eter Metil Terbutílico)
  
  
• Update on the Effectiveness of Cleaner-Burning Gasoline Regulations
  
  
• Vapor Recovery - FAQs
  
  

General Factsheets

• Simple Solutions to Help Reduce Air Pollution
  
  
• All About Smog
  
  
• ARB Board Meetings (and Presentations)
  
  
• California Air Resources Board - Introduction
  
  
• Clean Air - California's Success and Future Challenges
  
  
• Getting Involved in the Rulemaking Process
  
  
• Glossary - Air Pollution Terms and Acronyms
  
  
• History of Air Quality Management in California - Key Events
  
  
• Introduction to the California Air Resources Board - English or Spanish
  
  
• Kids, Students and Teacher's Area - The Know Zone
  
  
• Meeting Air Quality Goals in California (Slides)
  
  
• Pollution Prevention Guide
  
  
• Pollution Prevention Primer
  
  
• Public Participation Guide to Air Quality Decision Making in California
  
  
• Understanding Air Pollution
  
  
• What'cha Doin' About Air Pollution
  
  
• Spanish Form: SMOG Video Order Form (Video Sobre el SMOG y Sus Efectos a la Salud)
  
  
• Spanish AQ Monitoring Results: 2003-11-00 Community Air Quality Monitoring Results Report; Special Studies for Crockett
  
  
• What Would You Like to Know About California's Air Quality?
  
  

Goods Movement

• Maritime Ports and Air Quality
  
  

Health

• Air Pollution and Contaminants at Child-care and Preschool Facilities
  
  
• Air Pollution and Health Fact Sheet
  
  
• Air Pollution Sources, Effects and Controls
  
  
• ARB Community Health Program Fact Sheets and Documents - English or Spanish
  
  
• Board Meeting Health Updates
  
  
• Children's Health Study ("A Breath of Air") - English or Spanish
  
  
• Children's School Bus Exposure Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
  
  
• Children's Environmental Health Fact Sheet - English or Spanish
  
  
• Children's Health Study Fact Sheet (and the Final Report)
  
  
• Clean Air for California Communities - English or Spanish
  
  
• Diesel PM Health Risk Assessment - West Oakland
  
  
• Environmental Tobacco Smoke Information
  
  
• Health and Air Pollution
  
  
• Health and Clean Air Newsletter
  
  
• Health Benefits of Physical Activity - Implications for Sustainable Communities
  
  
• La Salud de las Comunidades
  
  
• On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles - Health Impact Fact Sheets (English and Spanish)
  
  
• Outdoor Residential Waste Burning
  
  
• Ozone and Health
  
  
• Protect Yourself Against Summer Heat
  
  
• Reducing Indoor Air Pollution
  
  
• School Advisory from the California Classrooms Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
  
  
• School Health - English or Spanish
  
  
• Summary of Adverse Impacts of Diesel Particulate Matter
  
  
• Understanding Air Pollution
  
  
• Video - Clearing California Skies
  
  
• With Every Breath: Health Effects of Smog
  • Video - Full Length
    
• Spanish Presentation: 2001-12-13 Policies and Actions for Environmental Justice (Las Practicas y Acciones para la Justicia Ambiental)  
  
  
• Spanish Fact Sheet: 2001-03-00 Contamination of the Air and Health (Hoja de Datos, La Contaminación del Aire y la Salud) 
  
  
• Spanish Fact Sheet: OEHHA; Barrio Logan Hexavalent Chromium Health Effects (Hoja Informativa, Efectos del Cromo Hexavalente a la Salud en Barrio Logan)
  
  
• Spanish Form: Children's Health Study Video Order Form (Video Sobre el Estudio de la Salud de los Niños) 
  
  
• Spanish Test Results: 2002-03-21 Hexavalent Chromium Monitoring in Barrio Logan; Update #1, Sampling Results and Preliminary Analysis for the Sampling Period of February 23 to March 7, 2002 (Monitoreo del Cromo Hexavalente en Barrio Logan; Notificación # 1, Resultados del Monitoreo y Análisis Preliminar para el Período del 23 de febrero al 7 de marzo, 2002)
  
  
• Spanish Test Results: 2002-04-19 Hexavalent Chromium Monitoring in Barrio Logan; Update #2, Sampling Results and Analysis for the Sampling Period of March 11 to April 5, 2002 (Monitoreo del Cromo Hexavalente en Barrio Logan; Notificación # 2, Resultados del Monitoreo y Análisis Preliminar para el Período del 11 de marzo al 5 de abril, 2002)
  
  
• Spanish Test Results: 2002-05-23 Hexavalent Chromium Monitoring in Barrio Logan; Update #3, Sampling Results and Analysis for the Sampling Period of April 6 - May 12, 2002 (Monitoreo del Cromo Hexavalente en Barrio Logan; Notificación # 3, Resultados del Monitoreo y Análisis Preliminar para el Período del 6 de abril al 12 de mayo, 2002) 
  
  
• Spanish Test Results: 2002-05-22 Hexavalent Chromium Monitoring in Barrio Logan; Sampling Results and Preliminary Analysis for the Sampling Period of February 5 - 22, 2002 (Monitoreo de Cromo Hexavalente en Barrio Logan; Resultados del Monitoreo y Análisis Preliminar para el Período de Monitoreo del 5 al 22 de febrero, 2002) 
  
  
• Spanish Fact Sheet: OEHHA; Barrio Logan Hexavalent Chromium Health Effects (Hoja Informativa, OEHHA; Efectos del Cromo Hexavalente a la Salud en Barrio Logan) 
  
  
• Spanish Presentation: Children's Health Study (El Estudio de la Salud de los Niños)
  
  
• Spanish Subject Top Page: Children's Health Study; Video Ordering and Preview Page (En Esta Pagina Usted Puede Ver y Obtener; El Video del Estudio de la Salud de los Niños)
  
  
• Tobacco Smoke in the Environment
  
  

History

• Brief History of ARB at its 40th
  
  
• California's Air Quality History - Key Events
  
  
• History of Cal/EPA (for More, Click Here)
  
  
• History of the CARB - Brochure
  
  

Hydrogen Highway

Indoor Air Quality

• Air Cleaners and Particles
  • Air Cleaning Devices For The Home - FAQs
    
    
  • Beware of Ozone-Generating Indoor "Air Purifiers"
    
    
  • Regulation to Limit Ozone Emissions from Indoor Air Cleaning Devices
    
    
  • Updated List of Ozone Generators Sold as Air Purifiers
    
    
• Chlorinated Chemicals in Your Home
  
  
• Combustion Pollutants in the Home
  
  
• Formaldehyde in the Home
  
  
• Measuring Concentrations of Selected Air Pollutants Inside California Vehicles
  
  
• Reducing Indoor Air Pollution
  
  
• Reducing Your Exposure to Formaldehyde
  
  
• Reducing Your Exposure to Particulate Pollutants
  
  
• School Advisory from the California Classrooms Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
  
  
• Wood Burning Handbook
  
  

Marine Engines

• At Berth Ocean-Going Vessels Regulation
  
  
• Cleaner Watercraft: Get the Facts (Video)
  
  
• Commercial and Charter Fishing - Fact Sheet
  
  
• Commercial Harbor Craft Regulation
  
  
• Loan Assistance for Diesel Marine Vessels and Engines
  
  
• New Regulations for Gasoline Marine Engines
  
  
• New Standards for Cleaner Watercraft - FAQs
  
  
• Proposed Watercraft Labeling
  
  
• Video - Cleaner Watercraft: Get the Facts
  
  

Particulate Matter (See Also "Diesel Topics" or "Toxics")

• CA Accomplishments in Reducing Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions
  
  
• Diesel PM Health Risk Assessment - West Oakland
  
  
• Particulate Matter (PM10) Air Pollution
  
  
• Reducing Your Exposure to Particulate Pollutants
  
  

Permitting Activities / Certifications

• Air Districts (APCD or AQMD) Authority to Construct
  
  
• Air Districts (APCD or AQMD) Operating Permits
  
  
• Certified Abrasives - FAQs
  
  
• Portable Equipment Registration Program - Information Sheet
  
  
• Spanish Guidance Document: 2002-10-03 ARB / CAPCOA Complaint Resolution Protocol (Protocolo para la Resolucion de Quejas de ARB / CAPCOA)
  
  
• Spanish Protocol: 2002-12-00 ARB / CAPCOA Complaint Resolution Protocol (Protocolo para la Resolucion de Quejas de ARB / CAPCOA)
  
  

Rail Yards / Locomotives

• ARB's Rail Yard Agreement - Fact Sheet
  
  
• Diesel PM Health Risk Assessment - West Oakland
  
  
• MOU for Risk Mitigation at California Rail Yards - FAQs
  
  

Schools

• Children's School Bus Exposure Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
  
  
• Motor Carriers' Responsibilities - Vehicle Idling at Schools
  
  
• School Advisory from the California Classrooms Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
  
  
• School Bus Idling Limitations at Schools
  
  
• School Health - English or Spanish
  
  

Small Off-Road Engines

Smoke Management / Wood Burning

• Meteorology - FAQs
  
  
• Public Outreach Protocol - Tools and Material
  
  
• Wood Burning Handbook
  
  

Toxics

• Air Toxics Program
  
  
• Automotive Cleaning and Degreasing Products - English or Spanish
  
  
• CA Accomplishments in Reducing Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions
  
  
• Chrome Plating Fact Sheet
  
  
• Composite Wood Products (Factsheet and link to FAQs)
  
  
• Diesel Risk Reduction Plan - Fact Sheets: English or Spanish
  
  
• Dioxins: English or Spanish
  
  
• Dry Cleaning ATCM Requirements
  
  
• Environmental Tobacco Smoke - FAQs
  
  
• Hazardous Air Pollutants (U.S. EPA Fact Sheets)
  
  
• Idling Limitations at Schools
  
  
• Idling Restrictions Flyers, FAQs and Brochures in California - English and Spanish
  
  
• Lead - English or Spanish
  
  
• Naturally-Occurring Asbestos General Information Fact Sheets
  
  
• Outdoor Residential Waste Burning
  
  
• Process to Reduce Health Risks Posed by Toxic Air Contaminant Emissions from Diesel-Fueled Engines
  
  
• Reducing Toxic Air Pollutants in California's Communities
  
  
• Residential Waste Burning
  
  
• Thermal Spraying Fact Sheets
  
  
• Toxic Air Contaminant Identification Process: Toxic Air Contaminant Emissions from Diesel-Fueled Engines
  
  

Vapor Recovery

• Vapor Recovery - FAQs
  
  

Vehicles (see also Diesel above)

• Anti-Idling Requirements for Sleeper Berth Trucks
  
  
• Automotive Cleaning and Degreasing Products - English or Spanish
  
  
• Automotive Refinishing Coatings - English or Spanish
  
  
• Border Inspection Program - NAFTA / Mexican Truck Emissions Overview
  
  
• Bringing a Vehicle into California (and BAR's Document on This Subject)
  
  
• Buying Guide for Clean and Efficient Vehicles
  
  
• California's Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection Program
  
  
• California's Periodic Smoke Inspection Program
  
  
• Certifications Document Management System (DMS) - FAQs
  
  
• Children's School Bus Exposure Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
  
  
• Drayage (Port or Rail Yard) Trucks
  
  
• Emission Control Label Inspection Program
  
  
• Environmental Performance Label - English or Spanish
  
  
• Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies (Fact Sheets)
  • Fleet Rule for Public Agencies and Utilities
    
    
  • Transit Fleet Vehicle Requirements
    
    
  • Urban Bus Requirements
    
    
• Gray Market Bringing a Vehicle into California (or BAR's Document)
  
  
• Heavy-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Regulation
  
  
• Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection Program (HDVIP) 
  
  
• Heavy-Duty (Tractor-Trailer) Greenhouse Gas Regulation
  
  
• High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Access Availability
  
  
• Hydrogen Highway - Fact Sheets, Brochures and FAQs
  
  
• Idling Reduction Program
  
  
• In-Use Compliance Program - FAQs
  
  
• In-Use Off-Road Diesel Vehicle Regulation - Fact Sheets
  
  
• In-Use Off-Road Diesel Vehicle Regulation - FAQs
  
  
• Low Emission Vehicles II (PDF) or (HTML Format)
  
  
• Low NOx Software Upgrade
  
  
• Mobile Cargo Handling Equipment at Ports and Intermodal Rail Yards - FAQs
  
  
• Motor Carriers' Responsibilities - Vehicle Idling at Schools
  
  
• Motorcycles - Aftermarket Parts - FAQs
  
  
• Motorcycles - New Standards for On-Road Motorcycles
  
  
• Motorcycles - Small On-Road Motorcycles
  
  
• Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Equipment - Fact Sheets
  
  
• On Board Diagnostics - Fact Sheet
  
  
• On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles - Health Impact Fact Sheets (English and Spanish)
  
  
• Periodic Smoke Inspection Program (PSIP)
  
  
• Port (Drayage) Trucks Regulation - English or Spanish
  
  
• Port (Drayage) Trucks Registry - English or Spanish
  
  
• Public Agency and Utility Regulation
  
  
• Public Transit Agency Regulation
  
  
• Reefers
  
  
• School Bus Fleets (Truck and Bus Regulation)
  
  
• Small Off-Road Engines - Fact Sheet / FAQs
  
  
• Smog Check - Bureau of Automotive Repair FAQs
  
  
• Software Upgrade for Diesel Trucks - FAQs - English or Spanish
  
  
• Solid Waste Collection Vehicle Regulation
  • Solid Waste Collection Vehciles - Fact Sheets
    
    
  • Solid Waste Collection Vehicles - FAQs
    
    
  • Solid Waste Collection Vehicle Regulation - Fact Sheet
    
    
• Special Construction Vehicles - New Engine Options
  
  
• Transport Refrigeration Units (TRU / Reefers)
  
  
• Truck and Bus Regulation
  
  
• Voluntary Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program
  
  
• Zero Emission Vehicle Program Factsheets