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Valley air district members


SHUT OUT: Michael Kenny of the state Air Resources Board once raised the possibility of "no-spray" pesticide days.
(Mark Crosse / The Fresno Bee)

Council Member Sam
Armentrout, Chair
City of Madera
4551 E. Hamilton
Fresno, CA 93702
(559) 456-7530

Supervisor Ronn Dominici, Vice Chair
Madera County
209 W. Yosemite Avenue
Madera, CA 93637
(559) 675-7700

Supervisor Barbara Patrick
Kern County
1115 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 503
Bakersfield, CA 93301
(661) 868-3670

Council Member Mike Maggard
City of Bakersfield
5001 E. Commercenter, Suite 250
Bakersfield, CA 93309
(661) 324-6924

Supervisor Tony Barba
Kings County
1400 Lacey Boulevard
Hanford, CA 93230
(559) 582-3211

Supervisor Judith G. Case
Fresno County
2281 Tulare Street, Room 301
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 488-3664

Supervisor Jerry O'Banion
Merced County
2222 M Street
Merced, CA 95340
(209) 385-7366

Supervisor Jack A. Sieglock
San Joaquin County
222 E. Weber, Room 701
Stockton, CA 95202
(209) 468-3113

Supervisor Nick W. Blom*
Stanislaus County
1010 10th Street, Suite 6500
Modesto, CA 95354
(209) 525-6560

Council Member Tom Applegate*
City of Newman
1301 Blue Teal Way
Newman, CA 95360
(209) 862-0700

Supervisor William Sanders
Tulare County
2800 W. Burrel
Visalia, CA 93291
(559) 733-6271

* Member will leave the board in the next three months.


REPRIEVE: David Crow, executive director of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, says the 2010 deadline gives the Valley a fighting chance.
(Mark Crosse / The Fresno Bee)

Air pollution Web sites

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District: www.valleyair.org

California Air Resources Board: www.arb.ca.gov

Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov

California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment: www.oehha.ca.gov

American Lung Association of California: www.californialung.org

California Clean Air Campaign: www.calcleanair.org

Bureau of Automotive Repair: www.smogcheck.ca.gov

Western United Dairymen, methane energy production grants: www.wurdco.com

Emission credits brokerage: www.emissionstrading.com

Ozone in national parks: www2.nature.nps.gov/ard/gas/exceed.htm

Guide to the Clean Air Act: www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/peg_caa/pegcaa02.html

Check for ozone hot spots: www.epa.gov/airnow/ozone.html

Project Clean Air in Kern County: www.projectcleanair.org/about.html

News on clean-fuel vehicles: www.valleycleancities.org



 


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