Permit Guidance: Frequently Asked Air Quality Questions (not permit related)

• The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles has an informative automobile emissions website.
• For program information on vehicle inspection and maintenance (smogcheck) in Washoe and Clark counties; random roadside testing of heavy-duty diesel vehicles; and alternative fueled vehicles in fleets check the Bureau of Air Quality Mobile Source Program website at: http://ndep.nv.gov/baqp/technical/mobile.html.

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles has a program to report and curtail smoking vehicles. Information on this topic is available on the DMW web site. There are two ways that you may report a smoking vehicle: you may go online and fill out a report or call the "smoking vehicle hotline." The online reporting service is at: https://dmvapp.state.nv.us/smoke_report/smoke_rpt_info.aspx. The phone hotline number is 642-SMOG in Las Vegas or 686-SMOG in Reno.

Callers are asked to leave the vehicle's license plate number, make and the date, time and place the smoking vehicle was observed. DMV will investigate reports on any vehicle with a Nevada registration, including heavy-duty diesel trucks and vehicles based in rural areas.

The registered owner is first sent an advisory letter. If the DMV receives multiple reports on the same vehicle, or if the report is made by law enforcement or DMV staff, the letter will require the owner to bring the vehicle to a DMV Emissions Lab for testing. Failure to comply can result in a hold or suspension on the vehicle's registration.

The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection publishes The State of Nevada Air Quality Trend Report annually. This comprehensive document includes several topics including: demographics, Nevada Air Quality Programs, State and Federal Ambient Air Quality standards, Nevada Air Quality monitoring data and Air Quality trends in Nevada. You may view the Air Quality Trends in Nevada Report online from the NDEP website or call BAPC at (775) 687-9349 to request a copy.

• Contact the Federal EPA Information specialist from 9AM to 5PM Eastern Time at 1-800-438-4318 or check www.epa.gov.
• Contact the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for indoor air quality issues in the work place.

• Check online at www.epa.gov/ozone

• Try the EPA online at: www.epa.gov/iaq/molds
• Call the Center for Disease Control (CDC) at 1-800-438-4318 or 1-800-311-3435

For burn permit information contact the Nevada Division Environmental Protection Bureau of Air Quality Planning at (775) 687-9349.

You may contact the BAPC at (775) 687-9349 and ask to speak with the Enforcement and Compliance Branch to report your concern.

The National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants require that appropriate reporting be performed prior to asbestos removal projects, that asbestos abatement workers and supervisors are certified and that proper work practices are followed in an effort to protect the workers and the general public. For more information call the County Health Department with jurisdiction in the region from which you propose an asbestos removal project.