Thank you for visiting the Linn County Air Quality website. Here you will find information about how air quality may impact your health and what you can do to help keep the air we breathe clean.

News

• 2019 Fee Payers Meeting posted 2/15/2019
  February 15, 2019 Fee Payers Meeting
• Large Industrial Users Meeting posted 12/10/2018
  LCPH Presentation
• 2017 Solarize Cedar Rapids - Linn County Video posted 9/18/2018
  The 2017 Solarize Cedar Rapids - Linn County program is nicely summarized in this video produced by The Nature Conservancy.
• 2018 Air Quality Highlights posted 9/05/2018
  Recent updates and reminders sent to the business community subject to annual air permit (PTO) renewal invoices.
• Air Pollution Trends Show Cleaner Air, Growing Economy posted 8/07/2018
  Between 1970 and 2017 six key pollutants dropped by 73%, while the U.S. economy grew more than three times.
• Major Source Reclassification Under Section 112 of the CAAA posted 6/22/2018
  DNR Air Quality is providing a Fact Sheet on Major Source reclassification under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act Amendments.
  
• EPA Proposes to Retain National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Dioxide posted 5/29/2018
  WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is proposing to retain, without revision, the existing primary (health-based) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for sulfur dioxide (SO2).
• Air Quality Presentation - 2018 Stakeholder Meeting posted 2/15/2018
  2018 Air Quality Stakeholder Meeting Presentation
• Fact Sheet Revisions Allow Additional Flexibility Without Permit Modification posted 2/02/2018
  Updated Fact Sheet & FAQ
• Air Quality Presentation at Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance posted 12/14/2017
  Jim Hodina and Shane Dodge presented an air quality update, December 14, to the Large Industrial User Group. The presentation slides are provided with this news post.
• Clean Air Act Amendments Anniversary posted 11/16/2017
  27 years ago, Congress enacted the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
• Compliance Email Address Now Available posted 8/31/2016
  New email address available to submit compliance-related reports.