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Air Toxics Workshop

Air Toxics Workshop. Craig Beskid, President Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center. Welcome and Introduction. On behalf of the Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Welcome!

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Air Toxics Workshop

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  1. Air Toxics Workshop Craig Beskid, President Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center

  2. Welcome and Introduction • On behalf of the Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Welcome! • Joint sponsors: University of Houston, American Petroleum Institute, U.S. EPA, Greater Houston Partnership

  3. Introduction • Status of Air Toxics Research • Goals for the Air Toxics Workshop • Housekeeping

  4. Status of Air Toxics Research • Air Toxics Research is Fragmented • Air Toxics Research is Diverse • Air Toxics Research is Substantial

  5. Air Toxics Research is Fragmented • Foundation of all air quality regulation is protection of public health and welfare • Often disciplines perform functions in isolation • Projects often planned to answer narrow questions • Projects planned with little outside coordination/communication

  6. Texas Environmental Research Consortium (TERC) Houston Regional Monitoring (HRM) Texas Chemical Council (TCC) Industrial Health Committee Mayor’s Task Force Texas Air Research Consortium (TARC) Houston Endowment Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP) American Lung Association (ALA) Citizen’s Environmental Coalition Harris County Pollution Control Shell Sustainability Institute EPA Region VI Texas Dept of Health Services (DHHS) Mothers for Clean Air SETRPC and Texas City Monitoring Networks Environmental Defense Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center (NUATRC) Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) Clean Air Committee Selected Organizations

  7. Fragmentation Impacts • Value of work not optimized • Misguided conclusions and concern • Often little coordination between air toxics and criteria pollutants, leads to potential gaps in public health protection and/or inefficiencies in regulation.

  8. Air Toxics Research is Diverse • Projects such as: • Exposure Assessment • Health Effects • Acute • Chronic • Nuisance/Odor • Ambient Air Measurement • Technology/Methodology Development

  9. Air Toxics Research is Substantial • Greater than 20 different organizations in Houston currently working on AQ research and outreach projects • Traditional academic institutions-focus increasing • Environmental/NGOs winning grants for research • Industry making substantial investment • Government funding programs at all levels

  10. Conference Goals • Fully use the substantial and diverse air toxics research that is being performed, and reduce the fragmentation • Use policy-relevant questions to drive the inquiry and fill the gaps • Build relationships and synergy that can help us fill gaps with sound science and move forward

  11. Housekeeping • Timekeeping/Q & A’s • Poster Sessions • Evening Reception • Luncheon plans • Look for GHP and NUATRC Badges to find assistance

  12. Thank You Sponsors! • University of Houston • American Petroleum Institute • Greater Houston Partnership • U.S. EPA

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