California Air Resources Board

Would have required CARB to expand its incident air monitoring program to provide support for a regional network of air quality incident response centers operated by air districts, including at least one located in the South Coast Air Quality Management District. This bill would have required CARB and each district that operates an air quality incident response to coordinate to provide emergency air monitoring response for disasters or other crises impacting air quality and public health in the State. Funding provided to CARB could have been used for planning and maintaining centers, air quality collection and modeling, research studies, training and preparedness, and staff resources, including a State Air Quality Health Officer. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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