GOAL 8:

ALL DALLAS' COMMUNITIES BREATHE CLEAN AIR

Targets

MEET GROUND LEVEL OZONE ATTAINMENT STANDARD AS DESIGNATED BY NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS (NAAQS) BY 2030 AND MAINTAIN STATUS THROUGH 2050.

MAINTAIN ATTAINMENT STATUS AS DESIGNATED BY NAAQS FOR LEAD, CARBON MONOXIDE, NITROGEN DIOXIDE, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM10), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5) AND SULFUR DIOXIDE THROUGH 2050.

Q4 Progress

Reported October 2024

While air quality in Dallas is generally improving, in north Texas, 10 counties including Dallas do not consistently meet the 2008 Federal Air quality criteria for ground level ozone; nine counties consistently do not meet the 2015 federal ozone standard. This is also an area with significant community concern. As of the start of FY 23-24, all 4 actions and 14 milestones under this category have been activated, with several actions that are ongoing from the FY 20-21 Work Plan. Work will continue under the following City departments:

Environmental Quality & Sustainability
Planning & Urban Design

Note: Actions marked as ongoing span multiple fiscal years, meaning efforts will be carried out continuously and therefore will not be marked complete until the end of this fiscal year.

Year Four Work Plan

COMPLETE: 14 Milestones

AQ1: Work with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to install additional air quality monitoring stations across the city.

Make data from air monitoring stations available to the public
Maintain regulatory air monitoring and sampling programs in coordination with TCEQ

AQ2: Partner with nonprofits and schools to develop and implement non-regulatory monitors in neighborhoods.

Convene regional air quality monitoring summit with local entities implementing air quality monitoring programs to assess state of the science, and opportunities for data sharing
Administer two new grants for air quality monitoring, include efforts to coordinate neighborhood communication, and efforts to partner with public health experts to develop and implement appropriate interventions
Evaluate sensor data to track neighborhood air quality
Make data from neighborhood air quality sensors available to the public
Implement Community outreach and engagement in Racial Equity Opportunity Zones to attain community concerns and ideas concerning local air quality monitoring

AQ3: Continue to support and expand on the Air North Texas campaign to raise public awareness and improve air quality.

Continue to support Air North Texas Campaign and expand where feasible
Work with partners to reduce illegal commercial truck parking and idling in historically disadvantaged communities

AQ4: Ensure new industries are an appropriate distance away from neighborhoods.

Through Forward Dallas, understand, characterize, and propose proactive city strategies to address situations with inequitable industrial proximity to residential uses
Tailor communication to suit needs of different communities
Update Development Code to address Batch Plant and other Industrial Site uses in/ near neighborhoods
Continue to work with OEI and ODA to develop a Dallas-Specific Environmental Justice tool
Share Environmental Justice tool with City staff and provide training so there is a good understanding of potential EJ impacts associated with City operations and practices (including batch plant locations supporting City construction)

GOAL 8: ALL DALLAS' COMMUNITIES BREATHE CLEAN AIR

Targets

Environmental Quality & Sustainability

Planning & Urban Design

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Note: Actions marked as ongoing span multiple fiscal years, meaning efforts will be carried out continuously and therefore will not be marked complete until the end of this fiscal year.

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Year Four Work Plan

COMPLETE: 14 Milestones

AQ1: Work with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to install additional air quality monitoring stations across the city.

Make data from air monitoring stations available to the public

Maintain regulatory air monitoring and sampling programs in coordination with TCEQ

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AQ2: Partner with nonprofits and schools to develop and implement non-regulatory monitors in neighborhoods.

Convene regional air quality monitoring summit with local entities implementing air quality monitoring programs to assess state of the science, and opportunities for data sharing

Administer two new grants for air quality monitoring, include efforts to coordinate neighborhood communication, and efforts to partner with public health experts to develop and implement appropriate interventions

Evaluate sensor data to track neighborhood air quality

Make data from neighborhood air quality sensors available to the public

Implement Community outreach and engagement in Racial Equity Opportunity Zones to attain community concerns and ideas concerning local air quality monitoring

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AQ3: Continue to support and expand on the Air North Texas campaign to raise public awareness and improve air quality.

Continue to support Air North Texas Campaign and expand where feasible

Work with partners to reduce illegal commercial truck parking and idling in historically disadvantaged communities

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AQ4: Ensure new industries are an appropriate distance away from neighborhoods.

Through Forward Dallas, understand, characterize, and propose proactive city strategies to address situations with inequitable industrial proximity to residential uses

Tailor communication to suit needs of different communities

Update Development Code to address Batch Plant and other Industrial Site uses in/ near neighborhoods

Continue to work with OEI and ODA to develop a Dallas-Specific Environmental Justice tool

Share Environmental Justice tool with City staff and provide training so there is a good understanding of potential EJ impacts associated with City operations and practices (including batch plant locations supporting City construction)

GOAL 8:

ALL DALLAS' COMMUNITIES BREATHE CLEAN AIR