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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 5, 2002
Contact:
Laura Vernon, DEQ Public Information Officer, (801) 536-4484
The Department of Environmental Quality is advising residents along the Wasatch Front to limit their driving and engage in other activities to help reduce rising ozone levels.
Beginning this weekend, the Wasatch Front is expected to experience very hot temperatures for an extended period, which is likely to contribute to more ozone.
"Well above average temperatures are a definite concern because ozone levels increase as the temperature increases," said Rick Sprott, director of the Division of Air Quality. "Higher levels of ozone increase risk to everyone's health. By limiting their driving or taking other steps to 'Choose Clean Air,' people can lessen that risk to their health."
There are a number of actions residents can take to help reduce ozone. For example, they can carpool, ride the bus or TRAX, postpone errands that can wait or combine errands into one trip, limit a car's idling time, telecommute, walk or ride a bike, conserve energy, keep solvents and paints in airtight containers, fill the gas tank in the evening, avoid the use of gasoline-powered engines and use a non-charcoal barbecue. More ideas are available on the "Clean Air Utah" Web site at www.cleanair.utah.gov.
For current air quality conditions, residents can check the Web site at www.deq.state.ut.us/EQAMC/amc.htm for near real-time conditions or call the Air Pollution Hotline at 975-4009 or (800) 228-5434, where conditions are updated twice a day - once in the morning and again in the afternoon.
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