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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT APCD Receives Air Monitoring Excellence AwardSANTA BARBARA, CA — The air monitoring program of Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) received an award from the California Air Resources Board for excellence in air monitoring. The awards were based on evaluation of three years of data, from 2001-2003, from air monitoring equipment. Data were evaluated for precision, accuracy, and completeness for each of the three years. APCD was considered in the category of a large monitoring network (10 monitoring sites or more), and tied for first place in that category with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Pictured (left to right) APCD Air Monitoring and Information Technology
Staff: The Chief of the Air Quality Management Branch at the Air Resources Board presented APCD Director Terry Dressler with the award at a May conference. Said Dressler, “Dedication to technical excellence is one of our core values here at the APCD. This award is evidence that the members of our air monitoring and information technology teams have internalized this value. We are proud of their accomplishment.” APCD has a network of 17 monitoring stations in Santa Barbara County that measure air pollutants and transmit data electronically to APCD's Data Acquisition System Some pollutants, such as ozone, are monitored continuously over a 24-hour period, and ozone levels are posted hourly on this website. For more information on APCD's air monitoring network, see Monitoring Air Quality. To see current data, go to Station Data. For more details on the award, see this page (PDF file) on the Air Resources Board website. Also see Summer is Smog Season, and Health Effects of Air Pollution.
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