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Comment 4 for Draft Initiatives for CARB's 2018-2021 Triennial Strategic Research Plan (draft-initiatives-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Ling
Last Name: Jin
Email Address: ljin@lbl.gov
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Subject: Comments on Climate and Environmental Justice initiatives
Comment:
Climate
In the climate initiative, methane emissions from diary farms are
highlighted in the longer-term research focus. We are wondering if
CARB would consider other methane sources such as landfills.
Integrated organic waste management can reduce emissions of
short-lived climate forcers from both manure management and
landfills, which, together account for ~50% of methane emissions in
California. Research is needed in technology development
(waste-to-energy, composting), upstream and downstream waste
management, monitoring, and assessment. 

Health and Environmental Justice
Disparity in air quality between environmental justice (EJ) and
non-EJ areas needs to be better understood. Separately mapping out
emissions that influencing air quality in these areas provides
geospatial information to identify and prioritize community and
inter-community emission control strategies that most efficiently
improve local air quality and reduce the inter-community
disparities. Most current modeling approach for emissions-to-impact
focuses on existing emissions and simulations are done
source-by-source. A receptor-based approach is better suited as it
links air quality at a given community simultaneously to all
existing and potential emission locations (horizontal, vertical)
and times. Such method is highly efficient for delineating
influential source regions that the disadvantaged communities are
sensitive to. The geospatial information of source importance can
be used for evaluating impact of any existing sources or any
potential sources and achieving both short and long-term effective
strategies of improving public health. 


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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2018-02-09 16:55:36



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