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Learn about the Air District's ambient air monitoring network and special air quality studies.

Learn about the Air District's efforts with community leaders from Richmond, North Richmond, and San Pablo to develop a Community Air Monitoring Plan.

Learn about the Air District's efforts to conduct air monitoring in East Oakland.

The Air District is hosting a series of workshops to implement additional air monitoring in communities located near refineries. 

The Air District has released its latest Ambient Air Monitoring Network Report, which describes the Air District’s air monitoring network for 2020, and lists proposed changes for the near future.

The Air District is announcing a new air monitoring station in Benicia as part of the agency’s efforts to establish or expand air monitoring stations in areas where large sources of pollution may contribute to localized pollution sources that are not captured by the Air District’s existing network.

The Air District has released for public comment its latest draft Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan, which describes the Air District’s air monitoring network for 2023 and lists proposed changes for the near future.

The Air District has released for public comment its latest draft Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan, which describes the Air District’s air monitoring network for 2022 and lists proposed changes for the near future.

The Air District has released its latest Ambient Air Monitoring Network Report, which describes the Air District’s air monitoring network for 2019, and lists proposed changes for the near future.

The Air District has released for public comment its latest draft Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan, which describes the Air District’s air monitoring network for 2021, and lists proposed changes for the near future.

The Air District is working with the Environmental Defense Fund, the California Air Resources Board, and UC Berkeley on a mobile air monitoring study conducted in and around Richmond, San Pablo and El Cerrito.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced today that recent flaring incidents at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond have resulted in the increased scrutiny of monitoring data as well as investigations as to the cause of the events.

The  Air District has received a $298,114 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enhance air quality monitoring in the Bay Area. The Air District is partnering with Communities for a Better Environment to implement the project funded by this grant in East Oakland, a densely populated community faced with a high air pollution burden.

The Air District has disapproved Fenceline Air Monitoring Plans for all five Bay Area refineries because the plans do not meet the requirements of the Air District’s Refining Emissions Tracking Rule. 

The Air District invites written comments on new provisions related to hydrogen sulfide monitoring and quality assurance procedures in revised draft fenceline air monitoring plans for the five Bay Area refineries. Comments must be received by 5 PM Pacific Time on April 20, 2023.

The Air District and the steering committee for the Richmond–San Pablo Community Air Monitoring Plan will host the Path to Clean Air Community Summit on Saturday, November 2, from 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium located at 403 Civic Center Plaza in Richmond.

The Air District is hosting a community summit on Saturday, February 16, from 10 AM–1:30 PM, at the City of Richmond Recreation Complex located at 3230 Macdonald Avenue in Richmond, to develop an air monitoring plan for the surrounding community. 

The Air District, in partnership with community members, has released the Path to Clean Air, a Richmond-San Pablo community air monitoring plan – the first to be developed with co-leadership from the community.

The Air District has issued two separate Compliance Advisories. Any entities that engage in source testing activities or that own, operate, or maintain Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) unit(s) in the Bay Area are encouraged to review these advisories. Each advisory includes important guidance/requirements relating to source testing, CEMS unit maintenance, and/or source test reporting.