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The Bay Area Air District (BAAD), formerly Bay Area Air Quality Management District or BAAQMD, is a public agency that regulates the stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties of California's San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District, also using the acronym South Coast (AQMD), formed in 1976, is the air pollution agency responsible for regulating stationary sources of air pollution in the South Coast Air Basin and the Coachella Valley portion of the Salton Sea Air Basin, in Southern California.
The California Air Pollution Control District Act of 1947 allowed 1 or more counties to form air pollution districts. [5] [6] The California Bay Area Pollution Control Act of 1955 created the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District. [5] [7] The California Mulford-Carrell Air Resources Act of 1967 resulted in the creation of 11 air basins. [5] [8]
The South Coast Air Quality Management District extended its smoke advisory into Saturday, marking the fifth consecutive day of unhealthful pollution, largely due to the Eaton fire in Altadena.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District's governing board voted 9-1 to effectively phase out certain kinds of natural-gas-fired water-heating equipment in homes and businesses across its ...
What is the Air Quality Index? The Air Quality Index is a tool used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in order to communicate outdoor air quality. It’s a scale of 0 to 500, with the ...
Initially, the SCAB had four air-quality management agencies, one for each of the four counties. In 1977, the legislature merged these four agencies into the South Coast Air Quality Management District—South Coast AQMD. [3] The SCAB is the smoggiest region of the U.S., and the South Coast AQMD provides hourly reports throughout the district. [4]
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District Community Air Risk Evaluation (CARE) Program was initiated in 2004 to evaluate and reduce health risks associated with exposures to outdoor Toxic Air Contaminants (TAC’s) in the Bay Area. The program examines TAC emissions with an emphasis on diesel exhaust, which is a major contributor to airborne ...