The agency held a town hall on Thursday to discuss its findings and solutions to bring air levels back in line with federal guidelines.
MARANA, Ariz. — The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is set to begin a two-year State Improvement Plan to determine why Marana and its surrounding region haven’t frequently met federal air quality guidelines.
"Common sense says that yeah, just through nature alone, dust should of been a little bit more of a problem during a drought period," said Arnoldo Burrel, the owner of Burrel and Burrel farms, over the phone."Which I think we’re finally breaking now here in Arizona," he said. The standard limits the number of pollutants allowed in the air, and cities can only exceed that threshold one day during any given year.
"2021 was our highest violating year where we had twelve days where we exceeded the NAAQS set federal standard," she said.
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