Air Pollution Terms
What does the term "agency," mean?
Anything similar to:
Refers to federal, state, local (which include city and municipal governments), and tribal government entities that deliver services, goods, programs, or activities to the people, businesses, and organizations in their district or jurisdiction.
What are the 3 main sources of pollution?
Industries, Trains, Traffic
What entity is responsible for handling complaints around environmental complaints?
CAL EPA
EIR
The purpose of these documents is to analyze and disclose a project’s potential effects on the natural and human environment and identify mitigation measures and alternatives to avoid significant effects.
EIR
Environmental Impact Report
Ambient Air
That portion of the atmosphere, external to buildings, to which the general public has access.
Give 3 examples of "mobile sources," of pollution.
Busses, Cars, Trains
Environmental Justice seeks to:
ensure a fair process that is inclusive of those impacted - “procedural justice.”
or
address the unequal distribution of environmental hazards and benefits - “distributive justice.”
BACT
A California law that sets forth a process for public agencies to make informed decisions on discretionary project approvals. The process aids decision-makers in determining whether any environmental impacts are associated with a proposed project. It requires environmental impacts associated with a proposed project to be eliminated or reduced and that air quality mitigation measures are implemented.
BACT
Best Available Control Technology
Released or discharged air contaminants in the ambient air from any source.
Emissions
Bio Mass Facility
“the normalization and legitimization of historically rooted, systemic policies and practices that routinely produce racial inequality”
CAAQS
Ambient air quality standards (AAQS) define clean air, and are established to protect the health of the most sensitive groups in our communities. An air quality standard defines the maximum amount of a pollutant averaged over a specified period of time that can be present in outdoor air without any harmful effects on people or the environment. In 1959 California enacted legislation requiring the state Department of Public Health to establish air quality standards and necessary controls for motor vehicle emissions. California law continues to mandate California ambient air quality standards (CAAQS), which are often more stringent than national standards.
CAAQS
California Ambient Air Quality Standards
The act of compelling observance of or compliance with a law, rule, or obligation.
Enforcement
Where can you find a permanent smoke stack in Stockton?
Boggs Tract
What indigenous land do we reside in?
Miwok & Yokuts land
CEQA
"A California law that sets forth a process for public agencies to make informed decisions on discretionary project approvals. The process aids decision-makers in determining whether any environmental impacts are associated with a proposed project. It requires environmental impacts associated with a proposed project to be eliminated or reduced and that air quality mitigation measures are implemented."
CEQA
California Environmental Quality Act
A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority. Agencies adopt regulations.
Regulation
Name a source of agricultural contribution to air pollution
Pesticides, or Diesel fuel for tractors/trucks
Can you fill in the blanks?
Air Quality Index
Good: _______ to __________
Moderate: _____ to _________
Unhealthy for At Risk Individuals: _____ to _______
Unhealthy:
Hazardous: >________
The Portable Emission Acquisition System, or PEAQS, is a roadside emission measurement system that captures a portion of a passing vehicle’s exhaust as it drives through to determine an emission snapshot in real-time.
PEAQS
Portable Emission Aquisition System