Fact Sheets / FAQs
This page last reviewed February 04, 2010
The following fact sheets, frequently asked questions (FAQs), brochures, pamphlets, etc. provide general background on a variety of issues addressed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). For further information, please contact our Helpline Attendant.Abrasive Blasting
- Certification of Abrasives - FAQs
Air Pollutants
- Air Quality Index (AQI)
- Air Quality and Meterological Information System (AQMIS) - FAQs
- Ambient Air Quality Data - FAQs
- Ambient Air Quality Standards
- Health and Air Pollution
- Ozone and Ambient Air Quality Standards
- Particulate Matter (PM10) Air Pollution
- What Would You Like to Know About California's Air Quality?
Asbestos
- Asbestos Containing Rock and Soil (What You Need to Know) - Pamphlet
- Fact Sheets and Related Links
- Naturally-Occurring Asbestos General Information - Fact Sheets
Bicycles
Climate Change Fact Sheets
Coatings
- Auto Refinishing Coatings - English or Spanish
- Auto Refinishing Coatings - Suggested Control Measure - English or Spanish
- Chrome Plating Fact Sheet
- Thermal Spraying
Community Health Fact Sheets
Compliance Assistance and Training Programs
- Assistance -- Handbooks / Pamphlets or Manuals
- Training -- Training and Compliance Assistance Publications
- Videos
Consumer Products
- Air Cleaners and Particles
- Automotive Cleaning and Degreasing Products - English or Spanish
- Cleaning Products
- Composite Wood Products
- Consumer Products and Smog
- Portable Fuel Containers (Gas Cans)
- Wood Burning Handbook
Diesel Topics (see also "Vehicles" below)
- CA Accomplishments in Reducing Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions
- CA Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel
- CA Plan to Reduce Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions - English or Spanish
- Carl Moyer Diesel Incentives Program (PDF)
- Children's School Bus Exposure Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
- Commercial and Charter Fishing - Fact Sheet
- Commercial Harbor Craft Regulation
- Council on Diesel Education and Technology
- Diesel Fuel in California
- Diesel Health Effects Fact Sheet
- Diesel PM Health Risk Assessment - West Oakland
- Diesel Risk Reduction Plan - Fact Sheets: English or Spanish
- Idling Limitations of School Buses at Schools
- In-Use Diesel Retrofit Plan
- In-Use Stationary Diesel Agricultural Engines
- On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles - Health Impact Fact Sheets (English and Spanish)
- Port (Drayage) Trucks Regulation - English or Spanish
- Port (Drayage) Trucks Registry - English or Spanish
- Process to Reduce Health Risks Posed by Toxic Air Contaminant Emissions from Diesel-Fueled Engines
- Software Upgrade for Diesel Trucks - FAQs - English or Spanish
- Stationary Diesel Engine ATCM - FAQs
- Stationary Diesel Engine Reporting Requirements
- Summary of Adverse Impacts of Diesel Particulate Matter
- Transit Agencies - Urban Bus - Fact Sheet
- Transit Agencies - Transit Fleet Vehicle - Fact Sheet
- Transport Refrigeration Units (TRU) and TRU Generator Sets - English or Spanish
- Transport Refrigeration Units (TRU) - FAQs and Guidelines
- Waste Collection Vehicle - Fact Sheet
Dry Cleaning
Fuel Cells
- Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
- Hydrogen Highway - Fact Sheets and FAQs
Fuels
- CA Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel
- Cleaner-Burning Gasoline: An Overview
- Cleaner-Burning Gasoline Publications
- Cleaner-Burning Gasoline Without MTBE
- Diesel Fuel in California
- Hydrogen Highway - Fact Sheets and FAQs
- Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel - Fact Sheet
- Portable Fuel Containers (Gas Cans)
- Phase 3 Cleaner-Burning Gasoline
- Spanish Fact Sheet: 2001-01-00 California Reformulated Gas (Hoja de Datos, Gasolina Reformulada de California
- Spanish Fact Sheet: 2002-06-00 Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) (Hoja de Datos, MTBE, Eter Metil Terbutílico)
- Update on the Effectiveness of Cleaner-Burning Gasoline Regulations
- Vapor Recovery - FAQs
General
- 50 Things You Can Do for Cleaner Air
- All About Smog
- ARB Board Meetings (and Presentations)
- California Air Resources Board - Introduction
- Clean Air - California's Success and Future Challenges
- Getting Involved in the Rulemaking Process
- Glossary - Air Pollution Terms and Acronyms
- History of Air Quality Management in California - Key Events
- Introduction to the California Air Resources Board - English or Spanish
- Kids, Students and Teacher's Area - The Know Zone
- Meeting Air Quality Goals in California (Slides)
- Pollution Prevention Guide
- Pollution Prevention Primer
- Public Participation Guide to Air Quality Decision Making in California
- Understanding Air Pollution
- What'cha Doin' About Air Pollution
- Spanish Form: SMOG Video Order Form (Video Sobre el SMOG y Sus Efectos a la Salud)
- Spanish AQ Monitoring Results: 2003-11-00 Community Air Quality Monitoring Results Report; Special Studies for Crockett
- What Would You Like to Know About California's Air Quality?
Goods Movement
Health
- Air Pollution and Health Fact Sheet
- Air Pollution Sources, Effects and Controls
- ARB Community Health Program Fact Sheets and Documents - English or Spanish
- Board Meeting Health Updates
- Children's Health Study ("A Breath of Air") - English or Spanish
- Children's School Bus Exposure Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
- Children's Environmental Health Fact Sheet - English or Spanish
- Children's Health Study Fact Sheet (and the Final Report)
- Clean Air for California Communities - English or Spanish
- Diesel PM Health Risk Assessment - West Oakland
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke Information
- Health and Air Pollution
- Health and Clean Air Newsletter
- Health Effects of PM and Ozone
- La Salud de las Comunidades
- On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles - Health Impact Fact Sheets (English and Spanish)
- Outdoor Residential Waste Burning
- ReducingIndoor AirPollution
- School Advisory from the California Classrooms Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
- School Health - English or Spanish
- Summary of Adverse Impacts of Diesel Particulate Matter
- Understanding Air Pollution
- Video - Clearing California Skies
- With Every Breath:
Health Effects of Smog
- Video - Full Length
- Learning Modules - Slide Show Version or Flash Movies
- Spanish Presentation: 2001-12-13 Policies and Actions for Environmental Justice (Las Practicas y Acciones para la Justicia Ambiental)
- Spanish Fact Sheet: 2001-03-00 Contamination of the Air and Health (Hoja de Datos, La Contaminación del Aire y la Salud)
- Spanish Fact Sheet: OEHHA; Barrio Logan Hexavalent Chromium Health Effects (Hoja Informativa, Efectos del Cromo Hexavalente a la Salud en Barrio Logan)
- Spanish Form: Children's Health Study Video Order Form (Video Sobre el Estudio de la Salud de los Niños)
- Spanish Test Results: 2002-03-21 Hexavalent Chromium Monitoring in Barrio Logan; Update #1, Sampling Results and Preliminary Analysis for the Sampling Period of February 23 to March 7, 2002 (Monitoreo del Cromo Hexavalente en Barrio Logan; Notificación # 1, Resultados del Monitoreo y Análisis Preliminar para el Período del 23 de febrero al 7 de marzo, 2002)
- Spanish Test Results: 2002-04-19 Hexavalent Chromium Monitoring in Barrio Logan; Update #2, Sampling Results and Analysis for the Sampling Period of March 11 to April 5, 2002 (Monitoreo del Cromo Hexavalente en Barrio Logan; Notificación # 2, Resultados del Monitoreo y Análisis Preliminar para el Período del 11 de marzo al 5 de abril, 2002)
- Spanish Test Results: 2002-05-23 Hexavalent Chromium Monitoring in Barrio Logan; Update #3, Sampling Results and Analysis for the Sampling Period of April 6 - May 12, 2002 (Monitoreo del Cromo Hexavalente en Barrio Logan; Notificación # 3, Resultados del Monitoreo y Análisis Preliminar para el Período del 6 de abril al 12 de mayo, 2002)
- Spanish Test Results: 2002-05-22 Hexavalent Chromium Monitoring in Barrio Logan; Sampling Results and Preliminary Analysis for the Sampling Period of February 5 - 22, 2002 (Monitoreo de Cromo Hexavalente en Barrio Logan; Resultados del Monitoreo y Análisis Preliminar para el Período de Monitoreo del 5 al 22 de febrero, 2002)
- Spanish Fact Sheet: OEHHA; Barrio Logan Hexavalent Chromium Health Effects (Hoja Informativa, OEHHA; Efectos del Cromo Hexavalente a la Salud en Barrio Logan)
- Spanish Presentation: Children's Health Study (El Estudio de la Salud de los Niños)
- Spanish Subject Top Page: Children's Health Study; Video Ordering and Preview Page (En Esta Pagina Usted Puede Ver y Obtener; El Video del Estudio de la Salud de los Niños)
- Tobacco Smoke in the Environment
History
- Brief History of ARB at its 40th
- California's Air Quality History - Key Events
- History of Cal/EPA (for More, Click Here)
- History of the CARB - Brochure
Hydrogen Highway
Indoor Air Quality
- Air Cleaners and Particles
- Chlorinated Chemicals in Your Home
- Combustion Pollutants in the Home
- Formaldehyde in the Home
- Measuring Concentrations of Selected Air Pollutants Inside California Vehicles
- Reducing Indoor Air Pollution
- Reducing Your Exposure to Formaldehyde
- Reducing Your Exposure to Particulate Pollutants
- School Advisory from the California Classrooms Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
- Wood Burning Handbook
Marine Engines
- At Berth Ocean-Going Vessels Regulation
- Cleaner Watercraft: Get the Facts (Video)
- Commercial and Charter Fishing - Fact Sheet
- Commercial Harbor Craft Regulation
- New Regulations for Gasoline Marine Engines
- New Standards for Cleaner Watercraft - FAQs
- Proposed Watercraft Labeling
- Video - Cleaner Watercraft: Get the Facts
Particulate Matter (See Also "Diesel Topics" or "Toxics")
- CA Accomplishments in Reducing Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions
- Diesel PM Health Risk Assessment - West Oakland
- Particulate Matter (PM10) Air Pollution
- Reducing Your Exposure to Particulate Pollutants
Permitting Activities / Certifications
- Air Districts (APCD or AQMD) Authority to Construct
- Air Districts (APCD or AQMD) Operating Permits
- Certified Abrasives - FAQs
- Portable Equipment Registration Program - Information Sheet
- Spanish Guidance Document: 2002-10-03 ARB / CAPCOA Complaint Resolution Protocol (Protocolo para la Resolucion de Quejas de ARB / CAPCOA)
- Spanish Protocol: 2002-12-00 ARB / CAPCOA Complaint Resolution Protocol (Protocolo para la Resolucion de Quejas de ARB / CAPCOA)
Rail Yards / Locomotives
- ARB's Rail Yard Agreement - Fact Sheet
- Diesel PM Health Risk Assessment - West Oakland
- MOU for Risk Mitigation at California Rail Yards - FAQs
Schools
- Children's School Bus Exposure Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
- Motor Carriers' Responsibilities - Vehicle Idling at Schools
- School Advisory from the California Classrooms Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
- School Bus Idling Limitations at Schools
- School Health - English or Spanish
Seminars
Small Off-Road Engines
Smoke Management / Wood Burning
Toxics
- Air Toxics Program
- Automotive Cleaning and Degreasing Products - English or Spanish
- CA Accomplishments in Reducing Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions
- Chrome Plating Fact Sheet
- Composite Wood Products (Factsheet and link to FAQs)
- Diesel Risk Reduction Plan - Fact Sheets: English or Spanish
- Dioxins: English or Spanish
- Dry Cleaning ATCM Requirements
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke - FAQs
- Hazardous Air Pollutants (U.S. EPA Fact Sheets)
- Idling Limitations at Schools
- Idling Restrictions Flyers, FAQs and Brochures in California - English and Spanish
- Lead - English or Spanish
- Naturally-Occurring Asbestos General Information Fact Sheets
- Outdoor Residential Waste Burning
- Process to Reduce Health Risks Posed by Toxic Air Contaminant Emissions from Diesel-Fueled Engines
- Reducing Toxic Air Pollutants in California's Communities
- Residential Waste Burning
- Thermal Spraying Fact Sheets
- Toxic Air Contaminant Identification Process: Toxic Air Contaminant Emissions from Diesel-Fueled Engines
Vapor Recovery
Vehicles (see also "Diesel" above)
- Anti-Idling Requirements for Sleeper Berth Trucks
- Automotive Cleaning and Degreasing Products - English or Spanish
- Automotive Refinishing Coatings - English or Spanish
- Border Inspection Program - NAFTA / Mexican Truck Emissions Overview
- Bringing a Vehicle into California (and BAR's Document on This Subject)
- Buyer's Guide to Cleaner Cars
- California Council on Diesel Education and Technology
- California's Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection Program
- California's Periodic Smoke Inspection Program
- Certifications Document Management System (DMS) - FAQs
- Children's School Bus Exposure Study - Fact Sheet: English or Spanish
- Cool Cars - Frequently Asked Questions
- Drayage (Port or Rail Yard) Trucks
- Emission Control Label Inspection Program
- Environmental Performance Label - English or Spanish
- Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies (Fact Sheets)
- Gray Market Bringing a Vehicle into California (or BAR's Document)
- Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Regulation
- Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection Program (HDVIP)
- High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Access Availability
- Hydrogen Highway - Fact Sheets, Brochures and FAQs
- Idling Reduction Program
- In-Use Compliance Program - FAQs
- In-Use Off-Road Diesel Vehicle Regulation - Fact Sheets
- In-Use Off-Road Diesel Vehicle Regulation - FAQs
- Low Emission Vehicles II (PDF) or (HTML Format)
- Low NOx Software Upgrade
- Mobile Cargo Handling Equipment at Ports and Intermodal Rail Yards - FAQs
- Motor Carriers' Responsibilities - Vehicle Idling at Schools
- Motorcycles - Aftermarket Parts - FAQs
- Motorcycles - Changes to Standards for Off-Highway Motorcycles
- Motorcycles - New Standards for On-Road Motorcycles
- Motorcycles - Small On-Road Motorcycles
- Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles - Fact Sheet
- Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Equipment - Fact Sheets
- On Board Diagnostics - Fact Sheet
- On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles - Health Impact Fact Sheets (English and Spanish)
- Periodic Smoke Inspection Program (PSIP)
- Port (Drayage) Trucks Regulation - English or Spanish
- Port (Drayage) Trucks Registry - English or Spanish
- Public Agency and Utility Regulation
- Public Transit Agency Regulation
- Reefers
- School Bus Fleets (Truck and Bus Regulation)
- Small Off-Road Engines - Fact Sheet / FAQs
- Smog Check - Bureau of Automotive Repair FAQs
- Software Upgrade for Diesel Trucks - FAQs - English or Spanish
- Solid Waste Collection Vehicle Regulation
- Solid Waste Collection Vehciles - Fact Sheets
- Solid Waste Collection Vehicles - FAQs
- Solid Waste Collection Vehicle Regulation - Fact Sheet
- Transport Refrigeration Units (TRU / Reefers)
- Truck and Bus Regulation
- Voluntary Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program
- Zero Emission Vehicle Program Factsheets