Department of Environmental Quality

Category: Air Quality

  • Fireworks, Air Quality, and Wildfires, Oh My!

    Fireworks are beautiful, but they also produce high concentrations of smoke and particulates (PM) that can harm our air quality and cause wildfires.

  • Monthly Activities: Air Quality Stationary Source Compliance

    2020

  • Marginal Ozone Inventory Technical Support Documents

    2017 Marginal Ozone Inventory Technical Support Document Northern Wasatch Front 2017 Marginal Ozone Inventory Technical Support Document Southern Wasatch Front 2017 Marginal Ozone Inventory Technical Support Document Uinta Basin

  • Metrics: Air Quality

    Utah Division of Air Quality metrics. Other metrics available here. Jump to: Ozone PM2.5 PM10

  • Stationary Source Compliance Contacts

    DAQCompliance@utah.gov (801) 536-4000 Main Phone (Reception Desk)(801) 536-4099 FAX Number(801) 536-0091 Eleanor Divver, Business Assistance Coordinator Alphabetical by Employee Name Phone Section Morris, Jay (jpmorris@utah.gov) (801) 536-4079 Compliance Assistant Director Burge, Harold (hburge@utah.gov) (385) 306-6509 Major Source Compliance Section Manager Beem, Cindy (cbeem@utah.gov) (385) 306-6513 Major Source Compliance Leishman, Rob (rleishman@utah.gov) (801) 536-4438 Major Source…

  • Air Quality Compliance Outreach Newsletter Volume 3

    The Annual Report is intended to provide an overview of Utah’s air quality, as well as the Division of Air Quality’s organization, activities, and progress throughout 2019. 2019 – 2020 Residential Wood Smoke Summary Utah Administrative Code (UAC) R307-302 establishes visible emission standards & specifies when it is permissible to burn solid fuel burning devices…

  • Air Quality Self-Audit for Small Businesses

    Air quality self-audit for small businesses provided by Utah Division of Air Quality (DAQ) and DEQ’s Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (SBEAP). Review each question carefully and if you can answer yes to the bolded questions, please pay close attention because you may need to fill out a permit request form (494 KB). Take note…

  • Dry Cleaning Using Perchloroethylene (perc)
    Rule and Guidance Documents

    Record Keeping Forms Dry Cleaner Compliance Calendar

  • Uinta Basin Oil and Gas Engine Electrification Grant

    A Targeted Air Shed Grant Program In 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency identified the Uinta Basin as one of the top five most polluted areas for ozone, resulting in an award of $5 million to the Utah Division of Air Quality (DAQ) to reduce emissions from oil and gas operations. DAQ offers incentives for oil…

  • Lead

    Lead is a heavy metal found naturally in the environment and manufactured products such as lead-acid batteries, lead-based paints, leaded glass, solder, chemicals, and older water distribution systems with lead pipes, solders, and fittings. Lead is a persistent chemical that accumulates in soils, aquatic systems, sediments, and some plants, animals, and other organisms. Since 1990,…

  • Lead in Air

    Lead is a toxic metal that was once used regularly in motor fuel, paint, ceramics, glassware, and other consumer products. The phase-out of leaded gasoline significantly reduced vehicle emissions and lead levels in the environment, but it is still used in some aviation fuels and used or produced in a variety of industrial processes. The…

  • Air Quality Compliance Outreach Newsletter
    Volume 2

    The Wood-Burn Program The Wood-Burn Program is designed to prevent particle pollution by restricting or banning wood burning during inversion periods. Emissions from wood-burning stoves and fireplaces contribute to the particulate pollution that builds up during temperature inversions. Inversions form when a dense layer of cold air is trapped under a layer of warm air.…

  • Forms: Division of Air Quality

    Air Quality Complaint Form Asbestos Forms Emission Inventory Submittal Forms Industry Breakdown Report Lead-Based Paint Forms Permitting Forms

  • Identifying and Quantifying the Impact of Wildfires and Dust Events on Utah’s Air Quality

    Wildfires and dust storms are considered “exceptional events” in air quality modeling because they are not reasonably controllable or preventable, are caused by human activity that is unlikely to recur at a particular location, or are a natural event. Exceptional events can unpredictably increase concentrations of pollutants like particulate matter (PM) and ozone precursors, especially…

  • Improving Volatile Organic Compound Emission Estimates for the Uintah Basin

    This study builds on last year’s effort to improve the speciation of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from oil and gas wells in the Uintah Basin. Better speciation profiles will yield a better emission inventory for the basin and will help focus emission reduction strategies. Principal Investigators: Trang Tran, Huy Tran (USU) Funded by Science…

  • Characterizing Air Quality Impacts from Exceptional Events along the Wasatch Front

    This study, led by researchers at BYU, will use particulate matter (PM) sampling to identify regional dust sources that impact local air quality and public health, as well as model how dust sources might change in the future. Principal Investigators: Dr. Greg Carling (BYU) Funded by Science for Solutions Research Grant: $150,000

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