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Air district reviews lead in aviation fuel near Sacramento Executive Airport; monitoring site selection draws concerns
Summary
Staff presented a white paper on leaded aviation gasoline and monitoring results; board members raised concerns about a planned portable monitor site near Mangum Park and a former gun range. The district said it will re‑evaluate the proposed monitoring location before deployment and continue community engagement.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District on Sept. 25 presented a white paper summarizing the status of lead in aviation gasoline (avgas), monitoring findings near Sacramento Executive Airport and state and federal actions aimed at reducing lead from small‑aircraft fuel.
Amy Roberts, division director for Engineering and Compliance at the district, told the board the paper was compiled in response to community concerns under AB 617 and recent federal and state signals about phasing out leaded avgas. "At our core, we are a public health agency," Roberts said, describing the district’s interest in ways to reduce community exposures.
Staff summarized the regulatory and technical context: the EPA issued an "endangerment finding" on leaded aviation gasoline in 2023; the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration committed in the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act to restrict leaded avgas use by 2030; and California passed SB 1193 in 2024, which sets a statewide target date to ban sale and use of…
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