Category: Air Quality

  • Wildfires

    The recent increase in wildfires across the West has impacted air quality and put people’s health at risk from smoke exposure. This exposure can be sudden, last for days or weeks, and affect indoor and outdoor air quality. Smoke can travel great distances and become trapped in areas far from the source of the wildfire…

  • Workplace Electric Vehicle Charging Funding Assistance Program

    During the 2019 General Legislative Session, the State Legislature appropriated $4.9 million to be used as an incentive for the installation of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) throughout the State. The EVSE Incentive Program allows businesses, non-profit organizations, and other governmental entities (excluding State Executive Branch agencies) to apply for a grant for reimbursement of…

  • Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Volkswagen Settlement Awards

    The state of Utah selected the Light-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Supply Equipment Category as one of nine Eligible Mitigation Action categories to be funded through the Volkswagen Settlement. Funding has been allocated to the following projects in this category: State of Utah VW Settlement AwardsLight-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Supply Equipment Category Awardee/Locations Award Amount1 EVSE…

  • Class 4-8 Local Freight Trucks Vehicle/Engine Replacement Awards

    The state of Utah selected the Class 4-8 Local Freight Trucks category as one of nine Eligible Mitigation Action categories to be funded through the VW Settlement. Funding has been allocated to the following projects in this category: Awardee Replacement Type Award Amount Number of Vehicles Awarded Eligible Mitigation Action Category Bountiful City Diesel to…

  • Volkswagen Settlement Eligibility

    Utah received approximately $35 million from the Volkswagen (VW) Environmental Mitigation Trust due to VW’s Clean Air Act (CAA) violations. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is the lead agency tasked with developing an Environmental Mitigation Plan (EMP) to fund eligible vehicle/equipment categories. This initiative aims to reduce excess nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from…

  • Ponds/Landfarms/Landfills Gap Filling: Uinta Basin

    Background information for gap filling certain sectors of the 2014 Uinta Basin oil and gas emissions inventory. Utah Division of Air Quality (DAQ) in collaboration with EPA and the Ute Tribe recently developed the Utah Air Agencies 2014 Oil and Gas Emissions Inventory. Additionally Bingham Research Center at Utah State University Uintah Basin (USU) recently…

  • Haze: Visibility and Air Quality

    Very small particles cause haze because they are about the same size as the wave length of light in the visible spectrum and can either scatter or absorb light.

  • Consumer Products and PM2.5

    While it might not seem like hair spray, carpet cleaner, or air fresheners contribute to Utah’s PM2.5 problem, they do.

  • 2017 Statewide Emissions Inventories

    The air emissions inventory is one means used by the state to assess the level of pollutants released into the air from various sources. For the 2017 Statewide Emissions Inventory, two groups of pollutants are estimated by emissions source category: A group of common air pollutants regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are called…

  • Air Quality Management in Utah

    The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Division of Air Quality currently operates 11 carbon monoxide monitors, 16 fine particulate monitoring sites, and 19 meteorological stations along the Wasatch Front.

  • Smog Rating Information

    The Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is encouraging consumers to consider cleaner cars when they purchase their next vehicle. Along the Wasatch Front, vehicles contribute over half of the emissions that form PM2.5.

  • Inversion Toolkit

    Air Quality Conditions Wood Burning Health Emissions PM2.5 State Implementation Plan

  • Some Common Myths: Be Idle Free

    Many people are unaware that reducing the time a vehicle spends idling can make a big difference in both air quality and fuel costs.

  • Health Effects: Be Idle Free

    Idling can be bad for your health. While children, the elderly, and people with respiratory ailments are most vulnerable to the pollutants from vehicle exhaust, these emissions affect everybody.

  • Be Idle Free

    Idling your vehicle gets you nowhere. It increases our dependence on petroleum, reduces the fuel economy of your vehicle, costs you money, emits pollutants, and wastes precious natural resources.

  • Small Business Environmental Assistance Program: Air Quality Research Program

    The Small Business Environmental Assistance Program helps small businesses with permitting assistance, emission calculations, technical issues, regulator interpretation, and pollution prevention techniques. Small Business Technical Assistance Technical Support Onsite Consultations US EPA Information Other Clean Air Act Section 507 Programs Ombudsman Services Contact Eleanor Divver ([email protected]): (801) 536-0091 Compliance Advisory Panel (CAP) Advises and monitors…

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