Contacts, links to air-quality information

Get in touch with agencies

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Central Region office
1990 E. Gettysburg Ave.
Fresno, CA 93726

Phone: (559) 230-6000
E-mail: sjvapcd@valleyair.org
Board meetings and minutes: http://www.valleyair.org/board_meetings/GB/governing_board_schedules.htm

California Air Resources Board
Headquarters Building
1001 I St.
P.O. Box 2815
Sacramento, CA 95812

Phone: (916) 322-2990 or (800) 242-4450
E-mail: helpline@arb.ca.gov
Web site: http://www.valleyair.org/index.htm
Board meetings and minutes: http://www.arb.ca.gov/board/meetings.htm#past

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 9 office
75 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA, 94105

Phone (general information): (866)-EPA-WEST
List of phone contacts/resources: http://www.epa.gov/region09/lib-hot.html
Web site: http://www.epa.gov/region09/

American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org

South Coast Air Quality Management District
(Orange County and urban portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties) http://www.aqmd.gov/

Air pollution's impacts on health

California Air Resources Board fact sheet on health
http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/health/fs/fs1/fs1.htm

American Lung Association of California air quality information
http://www.californialung.org/support/outdoorair.shtml

Particle pollution and health
http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=static.aqguidepart

Consumer information

Fuel economy information (U.S. Department of Energy)
http://www.fueleconomy.gov

Indoor-air cleaners that generate ozone
http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/indoor/ozone.htm

Air pollution measurements

Valley air quality index
http://www.valleyair.org/aqinfo/aqdataidx.htm

Summary of California ozone violations (by region)
http://www.arb.ca.gov/aqmis2/annual_ozone.php

Annual summary of California air quality
http://www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/almanac/almanac.htm

How to look up air quality index on Google Earth
http://www.epa.gov/region09/air/airnow/

National air quality tracking site
http://airnow.gov/

Guide, in plain English, to federal Clear Air Act
http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg/