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The Santa Monica Airport Commission will hold its

annual Environmental Workshop on Monday, February 22, at 7:30 P.M. in City Council Chambers in City Hall.

Presentations by Dr. Rod Merl, Airport Administrator, City of Santa Monica, on issues related to aviation air quality and the regulatory environment affecting aviation and airports will be featured

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Professor Susanne Paulson, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences and The Institute of the Environment, Aerosol Atmospheric Chemistry Group, UCLA, will discuss the recently completed UCLA study entitled “Aircraft Emission Impacts in a Neighborhood Adjacent to a General Aviation Airport in Southern California.”

Dr. Philip Fine, Atmospheric Measurements Manager, South Coast Air Quality Management District, will speak about the SCAQMD’s draft report entitled “General Aviation Air Quality Study Conducted at Santa Monica and Van Nuys Airports.”

Dr. Arnold Den, Senior Toxicologist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,will focus on the recently completed US EPA study entitled ”Development and Evaluation of an Air Quality Modeling Approach for Lead Emissions from Piston-Engine Aircraft Operating on Leaded Aviation Gasoline.”