Find Your Community - Geographically-oriented Areas of this Website

This page last reviewed February 27, 2012

There are a variety of areas on this web site that address air quality management issues by geographic region. In addition, we provide a series of maps for your convenience. Below, we list alphabetically these major topic areas:

• Air Basins of California -- General information
• Air District Information -- stationary source permitting is handled by 35 local air districts:
  • District Directory -- all major phone, FAX, email, and web addresses
  • District Look Up -- put in a ZIP code or city and get back the district
  • District Rule Book Database (DRDB) -- includes all local rules concerning the permitting of stationary sources
  • Rule Logs Datatase (RLDB) -- chronicles the history of local air district rules controlling stationary sources of air pollution
• Air Monitoring Network -- information of over 200 California air monitoring stations
• Air Pollution in Your Community -- selective community maps and studies
• Air Quality Data -- statistics concerning air quality throughout California
• Area Designations -- state vs. federal attainment vs. non-attainment
• Asbestos -- asbestos is concentrated in a few areas of California
• Best Available Control Technology (BACT) Clearinghouse -- see the BACT determinations from each local air district
• Burning Decisions -- Agricultural Burning by District or Basin
• CHAPIS - Community Health Air Pollution Information System to find emission sources in your area
• Clean Car Incentives -- a DriveClean search feature is availabe by City or ZIP Code)
  
• Community Health
• Emissions Inventory -- polluting facilities can be located within your county
• Environmental Justice -- what ARB is doing to ensure clean air for all communities
• Independent Contractors -- who in your area is approved to perform compliance testing for stationary sources
• Greehouse Gas Mandatory Reporting -- California's largest industrial GHG emitters reported their  emissions for the first time in 2009
• Maps -- a listing of the major map areas on this web site
• Neighborhood Assessment Program -- assessing public health risks in California communities
• New Source Review -- local air district permitting rules that apply to NSR
• Prescribed Fire Information Reporting System What are the burn decisions for the day
• Railyard and Communities -- see ARB's list of railyards in California including addresses, maps, mitigation plans, etc.
  
• Railyard Health Risk Assessments and Mitigation Measures
• Research Studies of Specific Geographic Areas
  • Central California Air Quality Studies -- ozone and particulate matter research
  • Lake Tahoe Atmospheric Deposition Study (LTADS) -- nutrients and particulate matter reduce the clarity of Tahoe
  • Southern California Ozone Study -- see the status of this major 1997 research effort
• Smoking Vehicle Complaint Hotlines -- help us to clear California's air
• Toxics Inventory for California -- 33 toxic air pollutants found in 58 counties
• Voluntary Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program -- where can you go to scrap your higher-emitting vehicle
• ZIP Code/City Look Up for Districts -- put in a ZIP code or city and get back the associated local air district