Urban Air Quality and Respiratory Health Joint Initiative:Riding towards good outcomes MPCA Air Quality Forum

Chris PulleyAir Quality/Health Coordinator

March 27, 2014

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Bike Story

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Why Are We Riding?

2013 Legislature MPCA and MDH MissionAir quality affects health, but how?

One of many factors Steer us to…

Community engagement

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Who’s Riding?

MPCA Staff Air Assessment Section EJ Coordinator

MDH Staff Environmental Surveillance

and Assessment Section Chronic Disease &

Environmental Epidemiology Section

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What Tools Are We Using On Our Ride?

Technical Report – due October 2014Community Toolkit – due October 2014Health Impact Assessment – due June 2015Final Report to Legislature – due June 2015

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Technical Report – Twin Cities Air Pollution and Health ReportBased on NYC Report - Air Pollution and the

Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles and Ozone Zip-code level data in 7-county metro area• Air quality data – MPCA• Health incidence data – asthma, COPD, cardiovascular

(MDH) BenMAP – health impacts from different scenarios Results – health impacts, demographic data

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Community Toolkit

Audience: community stakeholdersState, local and nonprofit resourcesDisease management and impact reduction

Air quality, asthma, COPD, smoking cessation, environmental tobacco smoke

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Health Impact Assessment

Inform decision-makers about the effects of any policy, program or project on the health of people

Environmental - one of many factors Nexus – community engagement

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When We Will Arrive?

Final report due to Legislature – June 2015 Appropriate and effective agency roles for MPCA

and MDH Recommendations for high leverage

issues/strategies