Since Gov. Gary Herbert announced that Utah refineries would produce Tier 3 gas, residents have had a lot of questions about the cleaner fuel. In this installment of #IamUtahDEQ video series, we take a ride with Glad Sowards, a policy analyst with Utah’s Division of Air Quality, to answer all your Tier 3 questions.
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Utah residents take wood-burning bans seriously and it’s paying off. A recent study found that wood-burning’s contribution to air pollution in Utah has declined by a factor of 4 to 5 over the past 10 years.
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February is the Salt Lake Chamber’s Clear The Air Challenge. Utah DEQ’s intern, Sidney Rogers, took the challenge. Here is her story of commuting to work by bicycle and UTA TRAX.
Read MoreLead 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, …
Read MoreLead 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 …
Read MoreAgenda Discussion about compliance and enforcement with the Attorney General’s Office, Division staff, and the Board.
Read MoreThe Division of Air Quality (DAQ) works to ensure that the air in Utah meets health and visibility standards established under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). DAQ ensures the state’s compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and visibility standards at its national parks, enacts rules pertaining to air-quality standards, develops plans …
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This week’s blog is from 2015 and highlights the popular woodstove exchange program. Last week, The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released the 2020 registration schedule for the overwhelmingly popular grant program to convert operating wood-burning fireplaces to cleaner-burning natural gas or electric. Online registration will take place across the Wasatch Front and Cache …
Read MoreCall-to-Order Date of the Next Air Quality Board Meeting: January 8, 2020, and February 5, 2020 Propose for Final Adoption: SIP Subsection IX.A.36: PM2.5 Maintenance Provisions for Salt Lake City, UT. Presented by Becky Close. Propose for Final Adoption: SIP Subsection IX.A.27: PM2.5 Maintenance Provisions for Provo, UT. Presented by Becky Close. Propose for Final …
Read MoreThe 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. …
Read MoreCall-to-Order Date of the Next Air Quality Board Meeting: December 4, 2019 Approval of the Minutes for October 2, 2019, Board Meeting. Propose for Final Adoption: Amend R307-405-2. Permits: Major Sources in Attainment or Unclassified Areas (PSD). Applicability; and R307-410. Permits: Emissions Impact Analysis. Presented by Liam Thrailkill. Propose for Final Adoption: Amend SIP Section …
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This fall’s snow blower exchange in the Uinta Basin offered 150 Greenworks 80-volt electric snow blowers to help reduce ozone-forming emissions.
Read MoreUtah Administrative Code (UAC) 307-309-6 requires that any person owning or operating a source of fugitive dust within PM10 and PM2.5 non-attainment and maintenance plan areas on cleared land greater than 1/4 acre in size must submit a completed Fugitive Dust Control Plan. The DAQ Relocation Form requires the submission of a Fugitive Dust Control …
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DEQ’s “Top Ten” list provides residents with ways to reduce their emissions and improve air quality during Utah’s inversion season.
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Teaming with the National Weather Service office in Salt Lake City, Utah DEQ’s Division of Air Quality works to provide accurate weather forecasts of pollution events.
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