Air Quality Control Program

The Navajo Air Quality Control Program (AQCP) was created in April 1992, beginning operation under a Section 103 Air Grant awarded from the United States Environmental Protection Agency-Region 9 (USEPA-R9). The AQCP office then submitted an application and received approval for a Section 105 Air Grant in 1999, and continues to operate the Air Quality Section under this grant. The Air Quality Section is charged to collect samples of ambient airborne particulate matter (PM10) from across the Navajo Nation. Collected data is uploaded to national air quality database (AQS) and is used to determine air quality conditions in accordance to the Air Quality Index. The Air Quality Section also administers regulatory compliance and rulemaking, asbestos NESHAP reporting, environmental education and public outreach, and plans on developing the open burn permit and minor source inventory. The AQCP office is presently conducting educational public outreach on the proposed Open Burn Permit.