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The South Coast Air Basin area encompassed by the South Coast AQMD amounts to about 10,750 square miles (27,850 square kilometres) and is the second most populated area in the United States. This area has a severe problem with smog, and the South Coast AQMD has been a leader in the nation's efforts to reduce air pollution emissions.
Initially, the SCAB had four air-quality management agencies, one for each of the four counties. In 1977, the legislature merged these four agencies into the South Coast Air Quality Management District—South Coast AQMD. [3] The SCAB is the smoggiest region of the U.S., and the South Coast AQMD provides hourly reports throughout the district. [4]
Mendocino County AQMD (all of Mendocino County) [2] Modoc County APCD (all of Modoc County) Mojave Desert AQMD (Northern portion of San Bernardino County, eastern portion of Riverside County) Monterey Bay Air Resources District (all of Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz counties) North Coast Unified AQMD (all of Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity ...
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The Bay Area Air District (BAAD), formerly Bay Area Air Quality Management District or BAAQMD, is a public agency that regulates the stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties of California's San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma.
In January 1995, three state government agencies—California Air Resources Board, South Coast Air Quality Management District and California Energy Commission joined with six private sector companies—Ballard Power Systems, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, BP, Shell Hydrogen and ChevronTexaco—to form the California Fuel Cell Partnership.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB or ARB) is an agency of the government of California that aims to reduce air pollution.Established in 1967 when then-governor Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford-Carrell Act, combining the Bureau of Air Sanitation and the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board, CARB is a department within the cabinet-level California Environmental Protection Agency.
Nalleli Cobo was raised in South Los Angeles in a Latino family. [3] Like many of her neighbors and family members, she grew up suffering a range of severe ill-health symptoms medically attributed to toxic emissions from the nearby petroleum operations.