The Corpus Christi Air Quality Group was formed in 1995 when escalating ozone levels threatened to place Corpus Christi in violation of ozone standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The Corpus Christi Air Quality Group is a community based group of volunteers representing elected officials, large and small businesses, public agencies and utilities, universities, and citizens. The cooperation and partnering of the group’s diverse talents and backgrounds has resulted in scientific modeling, research and identification of ozone causing emission sources, development and implementation of emission reduction strategies, public health research, outreach and education initiatives, air quality curricula in schools K-12, State legislative lobbying for funding, and the successful development and adoption of a flexible attainment agreement with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The first flexible attainment agreement was developed in 1996 and was one of only three such agreements in the nation. It committed numerous public and private entities to voluntary emission reduction activities and committed TCEQ and EPA to provide for flexibility in mandates for the area should they go into non-attainment.

The Chair of the Corpus Christi Air Quality Group is Gretchen Arnold, Director of the Pollution Prevention Partnership at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Ms Arnold can be reached at her email gretchen.arnold@tamucc.edu or at 361-825-3070.
 

Meeting: July 14, 2011 Agenda and Attachments

The Corpus Christi Air Quality Group held a Air Quality meeting on Thursday, July 14th, 2011 at the Texas Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Natural Resource Center Room 1003. July 14th Agenda »

Presentations made at the meeting are listed below:

• Air Monitoring / Surveillance Camera and Neighborhood Air Toxics Modeling Update by Dave Sullivan, Ph.D. Center for Energy and Environmental Resources - The University of Texas at Austin. ccaqgSullivan »

• Rider 8: Air Quality Research Activities by the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering - University of North Denton and Department of Environmental Engineering - Texas A&M University in Kingsville. ccaqgTAMUK »

• Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS Nueces County by David Kennebeck with TCEQ re: SO2. ccaqgKennebecktceq »

• Current and Potential Compliance with Ozone Standards for Corpus Christi. ozoneupdate2011 »

Contact Corpus Christi Air Quality Group Chair Gretchen Arnold at gretchen.arnold@tamucc.edu or at 361-825-3070 for additional information regarding the July 14th meeting.

Recent Presentations to Corpus Christi City Council

A report to the Corpus Christi City Council on "Corpus Christi Ozone Trending and Future Attainment".

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The Corpus Christi MPO is providing this page to the Corpus Christi Air Quality Group for their public outreach efforts. This webpage will provide information regularly on Air Quality issues. The public is invited to participate and voice air quality related concerns on the "Feedback Form" below. 

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For information about the Corpus Christi Air Quality Group , please contact Gretchen Arnold, Director of the Pollution Prevention Partnership at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi at (361) 825-3070 or email gretchen.arnold@tamucc.edu
 

REPORTS: Update July 27, 2011

NEW 8-O3Flex Memorandum of Agreement Plan to maintain attainment with the 8-Hour Ozone Standard. Nueces County and San Patricio County in Texas (The Corpus Christi Urban Airshed).

Download 2011 Report »

RESOURCES:

Federal, state and local entities web sites responsible for environmental issues.  

Environmental Protection Agency »

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality »

Pollution Prevention Partnership »