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MEMORANDUM
AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD
Environmental Services
215 N. Mason
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.221-6600
970.224-6177 - fax
fcgov.com
February 23, 2015
Mayor and City Council Members
Tom Moore, Chair - on behalf of the Air Quality Advisory Board (AQAB)
Fugitive Dust Control Ordinance — Council Review and Action requested
At our regularly scheduled February 2015 meeting, the AQAB continued review of the draft
Dust Prevention and Control Manual and Ordinance for control of fugitive dust in Fort Collins,
prepared by the Environmental Services Department. As you know, the AQAB recommended'
to Council on June 18, 2013, the development of a Fugitive Dust Control Plan for the City.
The AQAB recommends that Council consider this item in March 2015.
As evidenced by both our 2013 recommendation and this updated recommendation, we see the
need for, and the benefits of dust control, both for the health of our citizens, and in keeping with
the need for all citizens and businesses in Fort Collins to respect their neighbors by not
causing fugitive dust to leave their property and cause impacts. The practices in the manual are
appropriate and in line with those in place for a number of years in many western U.S. cities.
They are neither overly costly nor invasive. As they are implemented, these practices will
become standard procedure for businesses and citizens, and be little burden into the future, while
improving quality of life in Fort Collins.
Respectfully submitted,
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Tom Moore
Chair, Air Quality Advisory Board
cc: Darin Atteberry
Melissa Hovey
I http://www.fcgov.com/cityclerk/pdf/recommendations-agab/FugitiveDustControl.pdf