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The MPCA is providing the opportunity
for you to review and comment on the draft document “Proposed National Ambient
Air Quality Standards Modeling Strategy.” The draft document can be found on
the Air Quality Dispersion
Modeling guidance, policies, and practices webpage, under the header
“Guidance for air quality dispersion modeling.”
You may provide comments on the draft
document to the MPCA Air Quality Modeling unit via email at AirModeling.PCA@state.mn.us.
The MPCA will accept comments on the draft document until the close of business
on August 5, 2015. Please feel free to contact the MPCA Modeling Unit if you
have any questions about the proposed revisions.
The 2016 Air Monitoring Network Plan for Minnesota is available
for public inspection through August 10, 2015.
The purpose of this annual report is to demonstrate compliance
with air monitoring network regulations, to describe proposed changes for the
upcoming year, and to provide specific information on each of Minnesota's
existing and proposed air quality monitoring sites. Details regarding the
location of individual sites, monitoring objectives, and proposed changes are
provided. Data for several pollutants are summarized to show current conditions
relative to state and federal air quality standards. The plan also provides an
overview of the various air quality monitoring networks operating in Minnesota.
For more information, please call Rick Strassman, MPCA Air
Monitoring Unit Supervisor at 651-757-2760.
The plan and instructions for submitting comments are available in
electronic format on the MPCA
website. To request hard copies of the plan or instructions, please contact
Kellie Gavin by phone, mail, or email: Kellie Gavin, Environmental Analysis and Outcomes Division, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 520 Lafayette Rd N, St. Paul, MN 55155, 651-757-2379, kellie.gavin@state.mn.us.
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