DEQ News Release

 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 30, 2018

Air Quality Awareness Week in Arkansas: April 30 – May 4

NORTH LITTLE ROCK—The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality’s (ADEQ) Office of Air Quality will spotlight topics of interest on ADEQ’s website and social media from April 30, 2018, through May 4, 2018, to commemorate national Air Quality Awareness Week.

Each day of Air Quality Awareness Week a new topic will be posted on ADEQ’s website to raise public awareness of ongoing programs to better inform and educate the citizens of Arkansas to air quality issues. Topics will include: the 20th anniversary of EPA’s Airnow website, National Asthma Day, Prescribed Burns and Wildfires, Citizen Science, and the International Transport of Air Pollution.

For additional information on Air Quality Awareness week, contact William Montgomery at Montgomery@adeq.state.ar.us or 501.682.0885.

CONTACT: Kelly Robinson (Robinson@adeq.state.ar.us or 501.682.0916)

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