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A. The control officer shall continually measure the concentration of air pollutants in the ambient air as needed by the overall control program and apprise the general public of current or imminent conditions which might be hazardous to their health.
B. Each common pollutant shall be monitored in at least one location representative of an area of high population density in the county.
C. Monitoring data shall be reduced to easily understandable terms and made available to the public upon request as soon as possible after acquisition.
D. The latest available data shall be reported as current data, and data from any monitoring station currently in operation shall be selectively reported upon request.
(Ord. 1993-128 § 8 (part), 1993)
A. Violations of an ambient air standard which occurred during the preceding calendar year shall be communicated to the public in an annual report. This report shall be widely distributed, and shall include information on health hazards associated with violations and on the pollution control measures which were implemented to reduce the hazardous emission levels. This report shall also suggest procedures for preventing recurrences of violations, and ways in which the public may participate in these procedures. For example, given advance information on adverse weather conditions, the control officer, upon the approval of the Director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, may recommend that the public reduce motor vehicle use during selected hours.
B. The public shall be informed of average daily visibility, and average daily concentrations of three common air pollutants: TSP, CO and O3. This information shall be made available to newspapers, television and radio stations for dissemination.
(Ord. 1993-128 § 8 (part), 1993)
As resources permit, air quality control district staff shall respond to telephone and written inquiries from the public regarding the field of air pollution control or the air quality in Pima County, and shall grant interviews to the news media, public or private groups.
(Ord. 1993-128 § 8 (part), 1993)
A. The control officer shall encourage the public to provide input to the rulemaking process.
B. Extensive publicity, including prominently displayed advertisements in newspapers of wide circulation and notification by mail to interested public and private organizations, shall be given to all public hearings conducted by the air quality advisory council, the air quality hearing board, and the board of supervisors concerning proposed amendments to this title.
C. The control officer shall consider public comment on methods to improve this title, or to improve air quality in Pima County. For example, informal comments received from interested citizens may be filed and referred to when amending this document.
(Ord. 1993-128 § 8 (part), 1993)