The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners will spend $2.2 million examine the sources and levels of air pollution that affect communities around LAX. This is touted as one of the largest and most comprehensive air quality studies ever undertaken by an airport in the United States.
The first two phases of the study include an inventory of potential air pollution sources and a series of monitoring stations to analyze emissions on the airfield. A third proposed phase would set up 11 monitoring sites in communities at an additional cost of $3 to $5 million USD.
The study coordinates effort of the California Air Resources Board, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Read more about this effort in this story from The Los Angeles Times.
