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The '''California Air Resources Board''', also known as ('''CARB''') is the "clean air agency" in the [[government of California]]. Established in [[1967]] in the Mulford-Carrell Act, combining the Bureau of Air Sanitation and the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board, the ARB is a department within the [[cabinet]]-level [[California Environmental Protection Agency]].


The stated goals of CARB include attaining and maintaining healthy [[air quality]]; protecting the public from exposure to toxic air contaminants; and providing innovative approaches for complying with air pollution rules and regulations.
==Governance==
CARB is governed by a board made up of eleven members appointed by the state's [[governor]].  Half of the appointees are experts in professional and science fields such as [[medicine]], [[chemistry]], [[physics]], [[meteorology]], [[engineering]], business, and law.  Others represent the pollution control agencies of regional districts  within California: [[Los Angeles]] region, [[San Francisco]] Bay area, [[San Diego]], the [[San Joaquin Valley]], and other districts.
==CARB's Organizational Structure==
CARB has nine major Divisions:<ref>[http://www.arb.ca.gov/html/org/org.htm CARB's Divisions]</ref>
*Administrative Services Division
*Enforcement Division
*[[Air pollution dispersion terminology|Mobile Source]] Control Division
*Mobile Source Operations Division
*Monitoring and Laboratory Division
*Office of Information Services
*Planning and Technical Support Division
*Research Division
*[[Air pollution dispersion terminology|Stationary Source]] Division
===Planning and Technical Support Division===
The Planning and Technical Support Division assesses the extent of California's air quality problems and the progress being made to abate them, coordinates statewide development of clean air plans and maintains databases pertinent to air quality and emissions.  The Division's technical support work provides a basis for clean air plans and CARB's regulatory programs. This support includes management and interpretation of emission inventories, air quality data, [[meteorological]] data and of [[air quality modeling]].<ref name=PTSD>[http://www.arb.ca.gov/html/org/orgptsd.htm CARB's Planning and Technical Support Division]</ref>
The Planning and Technical Support Division has five branches:
*[[Emission inventory|Emission Inventory]] Branch
*[[Atmospheric dispersion modeling|Modeling]] & [[Meteorology]] Branch
*[[Air quality|Air Quality]] Data Branch
*Air Quality & [[Transportation planning|Transportation Planning]] Branch
*[[Air pollution dispersion terminology|Mobile Source]] Analysis Branch
====Atmospheric Modeling & Support Section====
The Atmospheric Modeling & Support Section is one of three sections within the Modeling & Meteorology Branch. The other two sections are the Regional Air Quality Modeling Section and the Meteorology Section.<ref name=PTSD/>
The air quality and [[Atmospheric dispersion modeling|atmospheric pollution dispersion models]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Turner, D.B. |title=Workbook of atmospheric dispersion estimates: an introduction to dispersion modeling|edition=2nd Edition|publisher=CRC Press |year=1994 |id=ISBN 1-56670-023-X }} [http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=L1023&parent_id=&pc= www.crcpress.com]</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Beychok, Milton R.|title=[[Fundamentals of Stack Gas Dispersion]]|edition=4th Edition|publisher=author-published|year=2005|id=ISBN 0-9644588-0-2}} [http://www.air-dispersion.com www.air-dispersion.com]</ref> routinely used by this Section include a number of the models recommended by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|U.S. EPA]].<ref>[[Compilation of atmospheric dispersion models]]</ref>  The Section also uses models which were either developed by CARB or whose development was funded by CARB, such as:
* [[CALPUFF]]{{ndash}} Originally developed by the Sigma Research Company (SRC) under contract to CARB. Currently maintained by the TRC Solution Company under contract to the U.S. EPA.
* CALGRID{{ndash}} Developed by CARB and currently maintained by CARB.<ref>[http://www.arb.ca.gov/eos/soft.htm#calgrid|CARB's CALGRID Model]</ref>
* SARMAP{{ndash}} Developed by CARB and currently maintained by CARB.<ref>[http://www.arb.ca.gov/ei/sarmap.htm CARB's SARMAP Model]</ref>
== See also ==
* [[California Energy Commission]]
* [[California Environmental Protection Agency]]
* [[California Public Utilities Commission]]
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
* {{cite web |title=California Air Resources Board web site|url=http://www.arb.ca.gov/homepage.htm | accessmonthday=November 2 |accessyear=2005 }}
* CARB's [http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/levprog/test_proc.htm Low-Emission Vehicle Regulations and Test Procedures]
* [http://www.arb.ca.gov/diesel/verdev/verdev.htm  ARB's Diesel Emission Control Strategies Verification]

Revision as of 14:44, 5 October 2008

The California Air Resources Board, also known as (CARB) is the "clean air agency" in the government of California. Established in 1967 in the Mulford-Carrell Act, combining the Bureau of Air Sanitation and the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board, the ARB is a department within the cabinet-level California Environmental Protection Agency.

The stated goals of CARB include attaining and maintaining healthy air quality; protecting the public from exposure to toxic air contaminants; and providing innovative approaches for complying with air pollution rules and regulations.

Governance

CARB is governed by a board made up of eleven members appointed by the state's governor. Half of the appointees are experts in professional and science fields such as medicine, chemistry, physics, meteorology, engineering, business, and law. Others represent the pollution control agencies of regional districts within California: Los Angeles region, San Francisco Bay area, San Diego, the San Joaquin Valley, and other districts.

CARB's Organizational Structure

CARB has nine major Divisions:[1]

  • Administrative Services Division
  • Enforcement Division
  • Mobile Source Control Division
  • Mobile Source Operations Division
  • Monitoring and Laboratory Division
  • Office of Information Services
  • Planning and Technical Support Division
  • Research Division
  • Stationary Source Division

Planning and Technical Support Division

The Planning and Technical Support Division assesses the extent of California's air quality problems and the progress being made to abate them, coordinates statewide development of clean air plans and maintains databases pertinent to air quality and emissions. The Division's technical support work provides a basis for clean air plans and CARB's regulatory programs. This support includes management and interpretation of emission inventories, air quality data, meteorological data and of air quality modeling.[2]

The Planning and Technical Support Division has five branches:

Atmospheric Modeling & Support Section

The Atmospheric Modeling & Support Section is one of three sections within the Modeling & Meteorology Branch. The other two sections are the Regional Air Quality Modeling Section and the Meteorology Section.[2]

The air quality and atmospheric pollution dispersion models[3][4] routinely used by this Section include a number of the models recommended by the U.S. EPA.[5] The Section also uses models which were either developed by CARB or whose development was funded by CARB, such as:

  • CALPUFFTemplate:Ndash Originally developed by the Sigma Research Company (SRC) under contract to CARB. Currently maintained by the TRC Solution Company under contract to the U.S. EPA.
  • CALGRIDTemplate:Ndash Developed by CARB and currently maintained by CARB.[6]
  • SARMAPTemplate:Ndash Developed by CARB and currently maintained by CARB.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ CARB's Divisions
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 CARB's Planning and Technical Support Division
  3. ↑ Turner, D.B. (1994). Workbook of atmospheric dispersion estimates: an introduction to dispersion modeling, 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 1-56670-023-X.  www.crcpress.com
  4. ↑ Beychok, Milton R. (2005). Fundamentals of Stack Gas Dispersion, 4th Edition. author-published. ISBN 0-9644588-0-2.  www.air-dispersion.com
  5. ↑ Compilation of atmospheric dispersion models
  6. ↑ CALGRID Model
  7. ↑ CARB's SARMAP Model

External links

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