Potential Air Quality Control Commission Rule Revisions Related to Colorado's 8-hour Ozone "Bump-up" SIP Stakeholder Meeting The Regional Air Quality Council is currently evaluating ozone control strategy options for the Denver Metro/North Front Range 8-Hour Ozone...
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Charge Ahead Colorado Funding Now Open
The Regional Air Quality Council will be accepting applications for the Charge Ahead Colorado grant funded program, beginning February 29th and concluding March 31st 2016. Please contact Matt Mines, Charge Ahead Colorado Coordinator, with any questions. For more...
RAQC Announces Local Agency Air Quality Projects Grant Pool
The Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) is pleased to announce the Local Agency Air Quality Projects Grant Pool. The purpose of the Local Agency Air Quality Projects Grant Pool is to provide funding to local governments for the development and implementation...
Register for 2016 Mow Down Pollution Lawn Mower Exchange
The Mow Down Pollution – Lawn Mower Exchange program offers deep discounts to people who choose to recycle and replace their gas-powered lawn mowers and lawn and garden tools with rechargeable, electric lawn mowers and lawn and garden tools. Discounts are also...
Diesel Retrofit Request for Proposal Now Available
The Regional Air Quality Council has released the Retrofit Technologies Comprehensive Bid, which can be accessed here. Any interested parties will need to attend a mandatory pre-bid meeting on Tuesday, December 22nd from 10:00am – 12:00pm. This meeting will...
Documents Related to OzoneAware Full-Service Marketing RFP Now Available
Thank you to all who have expressed interest in responding to the OzoneAware full-service marketing RFP. The period for question submittal and the deadline for expressed intent to respond have now passed. A list of questions submitted by potential bidding...
OzoneAware Request for Proposal Released
The Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) – the lead air quality planning agency for the nine-county, Denver-Metro/North Front Range region – is requesting the services of a professional, full-service creative/advertising/social marketing/public relations agency...
EPA Sets New Ozone Standard at 70 ppb
On October 1, 2015, the EPA strengthened the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone to 70 parts per billion (ppb), based on extensive scientific evidence about ozone’s effects on public health and welfare. To read more about the...
EPA publishes the Proposed Rule for Determinations for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS
EPA publishes the Proposed Rule for Determinations of Attainment by the Attainment Date, Extensions of the Attainment Date and Reclassification of Several Areas Classified as Marginal for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards in the Federal Register...
EPA Proposes Action on Marginal Nonattainment Areas for 2008 Ozone Standard
August 19, 2015, EPA proposed to take action for the 36 areas designated as Marginal nonattainment for the 2008 ozone standard. The Denver Metro/North Front Range area is proposed to be reclassified from Marginal to Moderate nonattainment and will have a...