Transcript Planning Managers Committee Report to CAPCOA Board

Air Quality
in San Diego County
NACAA Fall Membership Meeting, 2007
America’s Finest City
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Snapshot of San Diego County
• 4,200 square miles
– 70 miles of Coastline
• 3.1 million people
• 1.6 million jobs
• 2.2 million vehicles
• 84 million daily VMT
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Build-Up of Ozone
Inversion Layer
Photochemical Smog
Ocean Breeze
Los Angeles
San Diego
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1955
1956
Board activates
APCD
Monitoring began
at San Diego
Public Library
1981
Attains federal
annual NO2 standard
1992
State standard
1975
1975
APCD
separates
from Health
Department
First to
require
vapor
controls
at gas
stations
1991
1985
Last Stage 1
Smog Alert
Monitoring
began
for air toxics
1979
Last Stage 2
1995
Attains State
CO standard
1998
Federal
standard
2003
Attains federal
1-hour ozone
standard
2003
Health alerts
during and
after firestorms
2005
Annual federal
PM2.5 standard
attainment
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Air Quality Improves Despite Growth
100
80
60
40
20
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YEARS
Lawnmower Exchange
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School Bus Retrofits
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Transborder Truck Retrofits
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Challenges
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Thank you.