Meeting on air monitoring program in Fairfield is Thursday

FAIRFIELD – A new program to monitor air quality in Fairfield will be discussed during a community meeting Thursday at the Fairfield Civic Center Library. The program is through the California Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative. "The Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative is designed to attain a comprehensive dataset of criteria pollutants, toxic air contaminants, and greenhouse gases, create a data portal for public to access and visualize SMMI data, and conduct inclusive community engagement to better understand and address community concerns.

This project provides an opportunity to complement AB 617 statewide air monitoring activities by engaging communities beyond those currently selected under the Community Air Protection Program, providing data to fill air monitoring gaps and support additional actions to reduce emissions and exposure," the California Air Resources Board states on its webpage. More information about the program can be found at https://ww2.arb.



ca.gov/statewide-mobile-monitoring-initiative . The Fairfield meeting is slated to run from 5 to 7 p.

m. The library is located at 1150 Kentucky St..