Board of Health – Air Program Update

1. Board of Health – Air Program Update February 12, 2019

2. Maintain "Good" Air Quality at Least 90% of Days Measured

3. Particulate Matter Trend Source: LLCHD Air Quality Program (1/28/2019)

4. Ozone Trend Source: LLCHD Air Quality Program (1/28/2019)

5. State of the Air – 2018 • American Lung Association 2018 Report • Ozone pollution grade = A • 24-hour Particle pollution grade = B • At risk groups in Lancaster County: • Pediatric Asthma – 4,550 • Adult Asthma – 19,995 • COPD – 12,750 • Lung Cancer – 180 • Total = 37,475 Photo Credit: American Lung Association

6. 2019 Flint Hills Burn Season Preparation • LLCHD Air Quality Program plans to continue monitoring at Homestead National Monument through burn season • March 8th - Stakeholder roundtable meeting

7. Enhanced Monitoring Efforts • Homestead National Monument PM2.5 Monitor

8. Enhanced Monitoring Efforts • LLCHD ‘Purple Air’ Monitors

9. Flint Hills Burn Season – 2017 vs. 2018

10. Summary of Impacts on Lincoln • 3/1/2018 through 5/1/2018 • 11 total hours of air quality ‘Unhealthy for Sensitive Individuals’ (orange) • No readings of ‘Unhealthy for All’ (red) • ‘Orange’ readings all occurred on 4 days • March 15th • April 5th • April 11th and 12th

11. Agency Efforts During Burn Season • Far improved communication between agencies • NDEQ Beatrice WWTF PM2.5 Monitor • NDEQ predictive modeling • Douglas County Health Dept. air quality forecasts • NE DHHS Smoke Advisories

12. Post-Season Activities • KDHE and CDC study on health effects • KDHE, EPA, and Kansas State Univ. research efforts • EPA promotion of late-season burns, also referred to as ‘growing season’ burns

13. EPA Smoke Sense App

14. Questions?