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Utah Division of Air Quality reports rising summertime ozone exceedances, seeks targeted reallocations and monitoring funds
Summary
Division director told the subcommittee summer ozone exceeded federal limits many days last year, outlined permitting improvements and asked legislators to support monitoring tied to the Great Salt Lake dust initiative and other priorities.
Bryce Byrd, director of the Utah Division of Air Quality, told the appropriations subcommittee that the division is tracking a troubling summertime ozone trend and asked lawmakers to consider targeted use of existing funds and a monitoring appropriation linked to Great Salt Lake dust.
Byrd said winter particulate pollution has improved in many Utah communities but summertime ozone in metropolitan areas worsened last year. “We were approaching, 36 or so days where we exceeded the federal standard,” Byrd said, presenting a year‑by‑day exceedance graphic.
Byrd and staff emphasized that much of the ozone and…
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