Improve indoor and outdoor air quality to reduce harmful effects to health.
PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH IN ZONING POLICIES AND DECISIONS
• Ensure distance and pollution buffers along highway and industrial zones, particularly near residential area
• Ensure that the zoning ordinance accounts for cumulative air impacts from concentration of pollution sources
REDUCE POLLUTION FROM FACILITIES
• Work with companies to implement “Best Available Control Technologies” to prevent pollution at its source
• Work with State and Federal regulators to address cumulative air impacts when reviewing permit applications
• Be an advocate for local air quality and work with regulators to enforce air permits and address violators
REDUCE POLLUTION FROM TRUCKS AND DIESEL EQUIPMENT
• Enforce the 2010 anti-idling ordinance, a city law that prohibits trucks from idling for more than five minutes
• Designate and enforce truck routes in the city, and clearly publicize the information so that residents know where trucks can and can’t go
• Pursue federal Clean Diesel Initiative funding to upgrade diesel equipment for cleaner emissions
CREATE MECHANISMS FOR COMMUNITIES TO HELP MONITOR FACILITIES AND TRUCKS
• Develop a phone hotline, online tracking system, and/or mobile app for residents to report and track the status of violations (Eg. Code for America has developed an online blight violations tracker for New Orleans: http://blightstatus.nola.gov/; Code for America Chicago has established an online 311 service tracker system: http://servicetracker.cityofchicago.org/ requests/13-00332586)
• Update City website to properly inform residents how to report violations to the appropriate authority, and include phone numbers
