YOUR OLD MOWER'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED. The Regional Air Quality Council is planning our annual Mow Down Pollution even for May 7th at locations around the Denver metro area. This year, we invited you to pre-register for your new Neuton mower after April 18 at...
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Ozone State Implementation Planning 2010 Progress Report to the Governor Now Available
The Ozone State Implementation Planning 2010 Progress Report to the Governor is complete and now available here.
RAQC Chooses ENVIRON/Alpine for SIP Modeling
After a thorough competitive RFP process, the RAQC has chosen to move forward on a contract with ENVIRON/Alpine. The contract will include modeling to support the development of the upcoming Ozone State Implementation Plan, as well as other tasks that may arise as the...
EPA delays the final issuance of the 8-hour ozone standard until no later than July 31, 2011
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has announced a delay in the final issuance of the 8-hour ozone standard until no later than July 31, 2011. According to the EPA statement below, she will “ask CASAC for further interpretation of the epidemiological and...
EPA delays the release of the final ozone NAAQS until December 31, 2010
EPA announced it is delaying the release of the final ozone NAAQS until approximately December 31, 2010. In the motion filed with the court, EPA requests the court to continue to hold in abeyance the pending litigation on the 2008 ozone NAAQS while EPA...
4th Maximum Ozone Values Table (ppb) through September 30, 2010
Click here to view the updated table. The ozone standard set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is calculated using a rolling three-year average of the fourth (4th) maximum 8-hour ozone concentrations. An official violation occurs when the rolling...
RAQC Board Approves Goals and Criteria
The RAQC Board approved the Goals and Criteria document as presented at its September 8, 2010 meeting. The purpose of the Goals and Criteria document is recognition of an agreement upon explicit goals and evaluation/decision making criteria to assist the RAQC...
EPA delays the release of the final ozone NAAQS
EPA announced it is delaying the release of the final ozone NAAQS until approximately October 31, 2010. A status report filed by EPA with the court announcing this new date is available here:...
RAQC Receives $2.7M from EPA for Diesel Project
Denver, Colo. – The Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC), the lead air quality planning agency for the Denver metropolitan area and a leader in advancing clean diesel technologies, received a $2.7 million Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant from the...
RAQC Partners with City of Littleton on Hybrid Project
Littleton, Colo., August10,2010 - Mayor Doug Clark will accept the keys and a $40,000 check from representatives of the Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) at a celebration to put into service two hybrid electric senior transportation buses on Tuesday, August 10 at 11...