Park City's air quality worries mothers group
Kathy Lofft, co-founder of the Park City chapter of Utah Moms for Clean Air, asked members of the Utah Air Quality Board for more collaboration between her group and the state Division of Air Quality. Division director Cheryl Heying agreed to Lofft's request.
Lofft and chapter co-founder Mary Jacquin painted a picture for the board of a robust economy in Park City, where they said people move from Los Angeles and Salt Lake City for the cleaner air. But Jacquin said Park City may already be gaining a "reputation" for having dirty air, which she said needs to be tracked for its sources if efforts to clean up the air are going to work.
Results from previous air monitoring in the area, while not showing dangerous or unacceptable levels of pollutants by state and federal standards, were enough to raise a few eyebrows with the Utah Moms group.
Department of Environmental Quality director Rick Sprott singled out wood-burning fireplaces as a source of air pollution in Park City. He also warned that a request to state lawmakers by Utah Moms for additional funds for air monitoring in Park City will be in competition with initiatives like funding dental care for poor children.
E-mail: sspeckman@desnews.com
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