DEC Contact: Adanna Roberts | (518) 402-8000 June 30, 2023
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DEC TO HOLD COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON PROGRESS OF COMMUNITY AIR MONITORING INITIATIVEOpportunities for Public Input and Review of Work Underway in the Bronx and Manhattan |
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced two meetings to provide progress updates for communities participating in the Statewide Community Air Monitoring Initiative. The Manhattan meeting on July 10, and the Bronx meeting on July 12, will provide information to help DEC target strategies to reduce air pollution in these communities, including the greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change, to help achieve the goals of the State's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Mobile air monitoring began in July 2022 in the Bronx and Manhattan, as well as in the Buffalo/Niagara Falls/Tonawanda area and the Capital Region, and update meetings were held for each of these communities in December 2022 and March 2023. This next round of meetings will continue DEC’s efforts to gather community input in targeting emission sources and future strategies to reduce air pollution in these communities. Update meetings for the Buffalo/Niagara Falls/Tonawanda area and the Capital Region will be announced soon. Manhattan
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For more information about the Community Air Monitoring Initiative, visit the DEC website at https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/125320.html. Interpreter services shall be made available to deaf persons, and translator services shall be made available to persons with limited English proficiency, at no charge for either service, upon written request. Requests should be received 10 calendar days before each meeting, but DEC will make every effort to fulfill requests received closer to the meeting date. Requests can be directed to the NYSDEC Office of Communication Services, either by mail to NYSDEC, Office of Communication Services, 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-4500, by telephone (518) 402-8044, or by e-mail to language@dec.ny.gov.
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