350 Colorado

DESCRIPTION:THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING UNDER INFLATION REDUCTION ACT TO CONDUCT AMBIENT AIR MONITORING OF POLLUTANTS OF GREATEST CONCERN IN COMMUNITIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH OUTCOME DISPARITIES STEMMING FROM POLLUTION AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 350 NORTHERN COLORADO (350 NOCO) WILL ESTABLISH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AIR QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM IN THE VICINITY OF TWO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN GREELEY THAT ARE SUBJECTED TO NEARBY FRACKING AND OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS. 350 NORTHERN COLORADO (350 NOCO), PROPOSE TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF GREELEY AND A CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AIR QUALITY INFORMATION TO PARENTS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN AT BELLA ROMERO AND TOINTON ACADEMY. THIS PROJECT WILL EMPOWER THE PARENTS OF GREELEY TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN FROM AIR POLLUTION AND PROVIDE EVIDENCE WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH LOCAL AND STATE LAWMAKERS CONCERNING THE HEALTH OF THEIR CHILDREN. COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SOUGHT TO IMPLEMENT AN ACCURATE AIR MONITORING PROGRAM FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS AND HAVE CONTINUOUSLY MET RESISTANCE. THIS AIR QUALITY MONITORING PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO MONITOR THE NUMEROUS AIR POLLUTANTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS DRILLING SITES. ALSO, QUESTIONS REMAIN AS TO WHAT THE SCHOOLCHILDREN ARE BREATHING BECAUSE LEFTOVER, UNPLUGGED WELLS MAY STILL EMIT HARMFUL POLLUTANTS. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THIS GREELEY COLORADO COMMUNITY WITH AIR MONITORING RESULTS IN REAL TIME.ACTIVITIES:THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE WELD COUNTY COMMUNITY AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO MONITOR THEIR OWN AIR QUALITY AND TO PROMOTE AIR QUALITY MONITORING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL NON-PROFITS THAT LEVERAGE EXISTING AIR QUALITY EXPERTISE, EXPAND USE OF COMMUNITY MONITORING GROUPS AND OTHER APPROACHES THAT GIVE THE COMMUNITY A VOICE IN THE MONITORING OF THE AIR QUALITY, AND BUILD A FOUNDATION OF TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS AND ENHANCED UNDERSTANDING FROM WHICH SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITY AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS CAN BE FOUND. 350 NORTHERN COLORADO IS SEEKING FUNDING TO CONTRACT A TEAM TO INSTALL AND OPERATE A MOBILE AIR MONITORING UNIT THAT WILL CONTINUOUSLY MEASURE PRIMARY POLLUTANTS OF CONCERN: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND(VOCS), (INCLUDING ETHANE, ETHENE, ACETYLENE, PROPANE, PROPENE, I-BUTANE, N-BUTANE, I-PENTANE, N-PENTANE, ISOPRENE, N-HEXANE, BENZENE, N-HEPTANE, TOLUENE, N-OCTANE, ETHYLBENZENE, MANDP-XYLENE, AND O-XYLENE); OZONE (O3); METHANE (CH4), AND PARTICULATE MATTER (BOTH PM2.5 AND PM10). METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES TO BE MONITORED AT THE STATION INCLUDE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AMBIENT PRESSURE, WIND SPEED, WIND DIRECTION, AND INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION. THE MOBILE FIELD LABORATORY WILL BE LOCATED AT TWO MONITORING SITES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOLS BELLA ROMERO AND TOINTON ACADEMY, AND WILL MOVE THE MOBILE UNIT BETWEEN THE TWO SITES AFTER SIX MONTHS FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND AFTER THREE MONTHS FOR THE SECOND HALF-YEAR, FOR A TOTAL OF NINE MONTHS AT EACH SITE. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: SELECT AND CONTRACT WITH AN APPROPRIATE AIR MONITORING COMPANY; INSTALL AIR MONITORING DEVICE AT BELLA ROMERO SITE; CALIBRATE AND ENSURE MEASUREMENTS ARE WORKING; BUILD WEBSITE; CREATE AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATIONAL FLIERS TO THE COMMUNITY; HOLD FIRST OF FOUR EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS; HOLD SECOND OF FOUR EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS; HOLD THIRD OF FOUR EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS. PRODUCE FIRST TRIMONTHLY REPORT SUMMARIZING AIR QUALITY TRENDS AT BELLA ROMERO; HOLD FINAL EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WEBSITE USE. GAUGE INTEREST IN FURTHER EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS ON COMMUNICATION WITH DECISION MAKERS; MOVE MONITORING UNIT TO TOINTON ACADEMY SITE, CALIBRATE; PRODUCE SECOND TRIMONTHLY REPORT ON POLLUTANT TRENDS AT BELLA ROMERO; PRODUCE FIRST TRIMONTHLY REPORT ON POLLUTANT TRENDS AT TOINTON ACADEMY; FIRST TOINTON ACADEMY REPORT UPLOADED TO WEBSITE; MOVE MONITORING UNIT BACK TO BELLA ROMERO SITE, CALIBRATE. PRODUCE SECOND TRIMONTHLY REPORT ON POLLUTANT TRENDS AT TOINTON ACADEMY; WRITE ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARIZING 6-MONTH TREN