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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) |
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.
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.
No comments were received pertaining to this document and the document was sent to EPA Region 6 July 15, 2009.
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.
Comments to the documentation can be sent to:
Dan Gates
11850 Sunset Gardens SW, Albuquerque, NM 87121
or email: dgates@cabq.gov
Special Reports and Studies
General Assistance: (505) 768-1972 or 311
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