Where Is Mercury Coming From and What Happens Once It’s Here? Presented by Carl Brown and Don Essig, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality There are a number of Idaho water bodies that have fish advisories for mercury. While contamination concerns for mercury focus primarily on fish and water, air deposition of mercury is the predominant [...]
Toni Hardesty discusses Air, Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Air Quality and Vegetation Speakers: Leonard Herr, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and Brian Jorgenson, Boise City Forestry Unit As parts of Idaho struggle with increasing levels of ground-level ozone, the relationship between air quality, and ozone in particular, and Idaho’s vegetation is receiving increased scrutiny. The relationship is two fold: vegetation impacts air quality [...]
Crop Residue Burning Presenters: Mary Andersen and Melissa Gibbs, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Over the past year the State of Idaho has made huge strides in the area of smoke management. A new statewide crop residue burning program approved by the 2008 legislature began in Idaho on September 2, 2008. The new program, a [...]
Air, Nonattainment & Air quality Tuesday 10:30am Cinnabar Room Melissa Gibbs, and Martin Bauer, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Matt Stoll, COMPASS The panel will discuss the basics of nonattainment from the National Ambient Air Quality Standards to the financial impact companies and federal grant dollar recipients may face; the city-level regulatory approach and timeline [...]
