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Air Quality

PRESENTATIONS

• January 2026 - Prliminary Study: Moab versus Grand Junction Air Quality Comparison and Analysis. Agee.

NEWS

• January, 2015 - Data Shows Moab Air Quality Usually Meets Federal Limits. Times Independent.
• January, 2015 - State Presents Ozone Findings to City Council. Moab Sun News.

DOWNLOAD AIR MONITORING APPS

• UtahAir for iPhones
• Utah Air for Androids

UTAH DIVISION OF AIR QUALITY (DAQ)

• DAQ Home Page
• Website - Public Comment: Rule and Plan Changes
• Website - Uintah Basin Studies
• Website - Real time air quality data. DAQ.

Environmental Protection Administration

• Website - Air quality in our national parks
• Website - USA air quality interactive map
• Website - air data
• Website - Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• Website - Regulations and guidance

US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

• Website - Dust detection in the southwest USA

NOAA

• Website - Real time atmospheric CO2 data at Hawaii

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

• Radiation Monitoring: Community Environment Monitoring Program

OTHER DATA PORTALS

• Website -  Community, Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network (CoCoRahs)

NGOs

• Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment
• Utah Moms for Clean Air
• Green Action for Heath and Environmental Justice

DOCUMENTS

• 2015 - Moab Air Quality Data. DAQ.
• 2014 - Air Quality Monitoring Plan. DAQ.
• 2013 - Methane Emissions from Airborne Measurements Over a Western United States Natural Gas Field. Karion et al.
• 2012 - Uintah Basin Winter Ozone & Air Quality Study. USU.
• 2009 - Air Quality Report: Norther Colorado Plateau. NPS.
• 1991 - Governor Bangerter's Air Quality Plan. (Complete record. Large File. Searchable content.)

REAL-TIME DATA

• Click here to see monitoring data for national parks.
• Click here to see monitoring data at Canyonlands National Park
• Click here to see monitoring data in the Uinta Basin
• Click here for a tool that shows wind direction

RULEMAKING

• 2014 - Petition from Wild Earth Guardians to EPA

NEWS

• Dead Babies Near Oil Drilling Sites Raise Questions For Research. Denver Post.
• Utah air plan soft on industry, says EPA. Salt Lake Tribune.
• Judge rejects lawsuit over Utah's belated air-quality plan. Salt Lake Tribune.
• Methane hot spot (4 Corners) bigger than expected. NASA.
• How Clean is our air? Moab Sun News.
• Ozone to be tracked. Moab Sun News.
• DAQ to monitor ozone levels in Moab. Times-Independent.