CARB Kicks Off Lost Hills Air Quality Study
On October 29, CARB hosted an evening community meeting in Lost Hills, CA to discuss how an air monitoring study in the rural community can help better characterize local air quality. Lost Hills is one of many communities in California located near oil and gas extraction fields, and the first selected by CARB for the Study of Neighborhood Air near Petroleum Sources (SNAPS), an effort to better understand air quality in these communities. This intensive study will measure toxic air contaminants, volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, methane, metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons over three to four months in Lost Hills. The SNAPS program was created in response to community member’s requests for air monitoring and recommendations in a report recently published by the California Council on Science and Technology. The kickoff meeting was well-attended, and CARB staff discussed the purpose and methodology of the SNAPS program with community members and