5/10/22 PRESS RELEASE: Air Quality Awareness Continues

Download “20 Ways YOU Can Clean the Air” checklist to learn how YOU help reduce air pollution locally in your community.

Air Quality Awareness Week 2022 Resouces Page

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Air Quality Awareness Continues

Monterey, California – May 10, 2022

Air Quality Awareness continues beyond Air Quality Awareness Week (AQAW), May 2-6, 2022. We wrap up this year’s theme, “Be Air Aware & Prepared!”, by providing website links to global and local air quality resources, and a local Call to Action to help reduce air pollution.

Visit AirNow.gov for a one-stop source for air quality data and AQAW 2022 resources: https://www.airnow.gov/aqaw/

Call to Action to reduce air pollution:

Download “20 Ways YOU Can Clean the Air” Checklist to learn how YOU help reduce air pollution locally in your community: https://www.mbard.org/air-quality-awareness-week-may-2-6-2022.

For more information about local air quality conditions, please visit: www.mbard.org.

Please follow us on social media:

Twitter: @MBUAPCD

Facebook: Monterey Bay Air Resources District

Instagram: mbardaq

Richard A. Stedman

Air Pollution Control Officer

Website Accessibility Policy

Monterey Bay Air Resources District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Monterey Bay Air Resources District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (831) 647-9411

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Monterey Bay Air Resources District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Monterey Bay Air Resources District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

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Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (831) 647-9411.

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