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Regional
Office
Air Quality Managers
State Office
Air Quality Division
1410 N. Hilton
Boise, Idaho 83706
ph: (208) 373-0502
fx: (208) 373-0154
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About Us:
DEQ's Air Quality Division
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| Protecting Idaho's
Air Quality |
DEQ's
air quality protection efforts are designed to assure compliance
with federal and state health-based air quality standards. Responsibility
for protecting Idaho's outdoor (ambient) air quality is shared by
DEQ's Air Quality Division, based in the agency's state office in
Boise, and DEQ's regional offices located in Boise, Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho Falls, Lewiston, Pocatello, and Twin Falls. Air quality programs
and policies are developed in the state office and implemented throughout
the state by DEQ's regional offices.
Martin
Bauer, (208) 373-0552, is the administrator of the Air Quality
Division. Each regional office has an air
quality (or airshed) manager who oversees air quality implementation
activities within the region.
Following are DEQ's major
air quality protection activities:
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Monitoring Air
Quality and Collecting Data |
| Accurate data are essential to scientifically determining
whether air quality is meeting prescribed standards. DEQ's regional
offices operate a monitoring network that collects real-time measurements
of ambient levels of air contaminants at more than 20 sites throughout
the state and secures laboratory analysis of these air samples. DEQ's
Monitoring, Modeling, and Emission Inventory (MMEI) Program in the
agency's state office oversees and coordinates operation of the statewide
air quality monitoring network and emissions inventory projects and
ensures data quality and integrity. |
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State
Office Air Quality Division Staff Contacts |
| Bruce
Louks, MMEI Manager, (208) 373-0294 |
| Chris
Ramsdell, Monitoring and Emission Inventory Coordinator,
(208) 373-0237 |
| Brad Broker, Airshed/SIP Modeling Coordinator, (208) 373-0432 |
| Kevin
Schilling, Airshed Dispersion Modeling Coordinator, (208)
373-0112 |
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Issuing Permits
and Conducting Inspections |
| Permits are designed to limit the amount of pollutants
that facilities and industries may emit into the air as a regular
part of their business processes. DEQ's Stationary Source (SS) Program
in the state office writes and issues air quality permits. Regional
office staff provide technical assistance to area facilities and industries,
conduct inspections, and enforce permits as necessary to assure compliance
with air quality standards. |
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State
Office Air Quality Division Staff Contacts |
| Mike
Simon, SS Program Manager, (208) 373-0212 |
| Bill
Rogers, SS Permit Program Coordinator, (208) 373-0437 |
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Coordinating Air
Quality Improvement Efforts |
| To effectively control air pollution in the state,
a coordinated effort among communities, citizen groups, businesses,
industries, other state agencies, and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is necessary. DEQ's Mobile and Area Source Program (MASP)
in the state office and regional office air quality staff work closely
together and with these entities to monitor and regulate sources of
air pollution that impact large geographical areas, such as smoke
from agricultural, prescribed, or wildfire burning, motor vehicle
emissions, dust from roads or other open land, and air toxics. |
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