JAC
Mission, Goals and Objectives
The
JAC's Mission is to:
develop,
promote, and recommend to the La Paz Agreement Air Work Group air quality
planning and management strategies to ensure a reduction in air pollution
concentrations for public health and welfare of residents of the Paso del
Norte air basin, recognizing the importance of the participation of local
communities in carrying out this mission.
A
set of Basin-wide Goals is defined to carry out the JAC mission
as follows:
Achieve ambient
air quality standards on both sides of the border;
Continue to characterize
the air quality situation and its sources, and resulting health effects
in Paso del Norte air basin including:
Monitor ambient
air pollutant concentrations in the air basin;
Develop and maintain
a valid emissions inventory for the air basin, updated and disaggregated
as possible;
Conduct basin-wide
air quality modeling to identify appropriate control strategies for attainment
of ambient air quality standards;
Develop health
parameters and monitor health status of residents to track incidence of
adverse health effects in Paso del Norte population as a result of air
pollutant exposure.
Establish instruments
to promote and achieve voluntary compliance and emission reductions;
Promote partnerships
between and among industry and regulatory authorities on both sides of
the border to pursue economic incentives according to each country's laws.
A
series of Objectives is outlined to achieve the JAC's goals:
-
Realize basin-wide
emission reductions;
-
Implement air quality
management programs according to State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for
El Paso & Doña Ana County;
-
Implement the Air
Quality Program for Cd. Juárez;
-
Recommend measures
to deal with elements not covered in SIPs or Cd. Juárez Air Quality
Improvement Plan.