Organization Name:

California Air Resources Board (CARB)

I. Contact Information
Contact Name Mark Fuentes
Title California/Mexico Border Cordinaator
Department Name California Air Resources Board (CARB), Monitoring & Laboratory Division
Department Phone Number (619) 645-5233
Contact Phone (619) 645-5233
Fax (619) 645-5234
E-mail mfuentes@arb.ca.gov
Mailing Address
110 W. C Street, Suite 1300
San Diego, CA 92101
Web Site Address
www.arb.ca.gov

II. Description of Organization

Organization, Mission, and Goals:

The California Air Resources Board's (CARB) mission is to promote and protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through the effective and efficient reduction of air pollutants while recognizing and considering the effects on the economy of the state.

III. Organization's Involvement in U.S.-Mexican Border Environment

Environmental Media:

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Current Border Environment Projects and Activities:

Baja California Air Monitoring Project - Through a contractor and in conjunction with USEPA and Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Ecologia (INE) and the Secretaria de Medio Ambiente Recursos Naturales y Pesca (SEMARNAP), CARB is operating twelve air monitoring stations in Baja California. Five stations are located throughout Tijuana and one is located in Rosarito. The remaining six stations are located throughout Mexicali. The networks are measuring ambient concentrations of ozone, oxides of nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, aldehydes, total metals, chrome VI, total suspended particulates, PM10, wind speed, wind direction, and temperature. Data are available through USEPA's Aeromatic Information Retrieval System (AIRS). Data will be used as the foundation for any air pollution research projects and as the foundation for any air pollution management programs in Baja California.
Tecate Air Monitoring Project - USEPA is providing CARB with funding to operate one air monitoring station in Tecate, Baja California. The station is expected to be operational by September 1998.

Past Border Environment Projects and Activities:

California - Baja California Intensive Air Quality Monitoring Study - During the summer of 1997 CARB undertook a meteorological and air quality study. The first phase gathered an ambient hydrocarbon and meteorological data set that will allow the use of source/receptor type mathematical models for estimating uncertainties in the emissions inventory. The second phase gathered upper - air meteorological measurements that will allow Baja California to be integrated into the study domain of the Southern California Ozone Study. The primary objective of the Southern California Ozone Study is to develop a meteorological and air quality data set that will be used to excercise a regional photochemical model.

Future Border Environment Projects and Activities:

Baja California Air Monitoring Training Program - USEPA is providing CARB with the resources to develop and deliver a hands-on air monitoring training program. This training is intended to help Mexico develop the human capacity to conduct air monitoring so that Mexico can begin assuming operational responsibility for the Baja California air monitoring networks. The training is expected to begin in 1999.

IV. Data Sets not on the Internet:

V. Additional Information:

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