TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018 | Austin Air Quality Monitoring in Ciudad Juárez: A Case Study in Binational Collaboration Partnering is the key to getting things done.’ http://s192.photobucket.com/user/Swinging_Sixties/media/1960s%20-%20Films/ZTheGoodTheBadTheUgly.jpg.html I could spend hours discussing every one of the topics I’m going to cover today. I’m just going to give you a snapshot Eddie Moderow Border Affairs Texas Commission on Environmental Quality TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018 | Austin

TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018 Mexico City Average Day Bad Day TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018 A handy trick… But what if you had to be sure or accurate? TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

Take the guesswork out by using a thermometer TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

September 2015: all monitoring stations were unplugged and offline TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018 August 2017: all monitoring stations refurbished, back online, and collecting data Fix slide – add graph instead of table TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

ACT I History of the Paso del Norte and Air Quality Monitoring in the Area Joint Advisory Committee | May 25, 2017

Map with 2010 Homicide Statistics Joint Advisory Committee | May 25, 2017

Joint Advisory Committee | May 25, 2017 Sister Cities on the U.S.-Mexico Border: population comparisons Joint Advisory Committee | May 25, 2017

Joint Advisory Committee | May 25, 2017 Complex Topography Joint Advisory Committee | May 25, 2017

In Juárez facing El Paso and Franklin Mountains Joint Advisory Committee | May 25, 2017

Local Workgroups for Air Quality and Select Regulatory Guidance Border 2020 Binational Environmental Program Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on the Improvement of Air Quality in the Paso del Norte ProAire Chihuahua State Implementation Plan (SIP) Texas Joint Advisory Committee | May 25, 2017

Air Quality Monitors in the Paso del Norte

ACT II The Project: Restore Air Quality Monitoring in Ciudad Juárez Joint Advisory Committee | May 25, 2017

City of El Paso letter to EPA April 2014

SEMARNAT letter to TCEQ September 2015

TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018 Project Partners TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

Series of Binational Planning Calls - 2016 Participants (up to 20 per call): Cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez TCEQ Austin and El Paso SEDUE Chihuahua NMED Las Cruces EPA El Paso, Dallas, and Washington DC SEMARNAT Mexico City Universities from Ciudad Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, and Austin Ysleta del Sur American Indian Tribe TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

Air Quality Monitoring in Ciudad Juárez - Phase I - 2016 August 2016 Ciudad Juárez technicians visit TCEQ and Sutron Corporation Photo taken October 1993 in Bandera, Texas at the EPA Region 6 Surface Water Quality Monitoring workshop, with two National Water Commission (CONAGUA) staff who sampled the Rio Grande in the 1992-93 Rio Grande Toxic Substances Study, funded by EPA. One year later I showed this photo to the Mexican Federal Environmental Enforcement (PROFEPA) representative in Chihuahua, the late Pilar López Marco, who instantly recognized the woman on the right, “¡Lolita!” This cemented our work relationship and allowed the TNRCC (as we were called back then), EPA and PROFEPA to partner together in the first transboundary hazardous waste task force in the border. That’s how things get done in Mexico. Today this would be called “transactional relationships.” TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018 Phase I - 2016 - Assessment Photo taken October 1993 in Bandera, Texas at the EPA Region 6 Surface Water Quality Monitoring workshop, with two National Water Commission (CONAGUA) staff who sampled the Rio Grande in the 1992-93 Rio Grande Toxic Substances Study, funded by EPA. One year later I showed this photo to the Mexican Federal Environmental Enforcement (PROFEPA) representative in Chihuahua, the late Pilar López Marco, who instantly recognized the woman on the right, “¡Lolita!” This cemented our work relationship and allowed the TNRCC (as we were called back then), EPA and PROFEPA to partner together in the first transboundary hazardous waste task force in the border. That’s how things get done in Mexico. Today this would be called “transactional relationships.” TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018 Deliverable for Phase I in 2016 TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

Phase II - 2017 Photo taken October 1993 in Bandera, Texas at the EPA Region 6 Surface Water Quality Monitoring workshop, with two National Water Commission (CONAGUA) staff who sampled the Rio Grande in the 1992-93 Rio Grande Toxic Substances Study, funded by EPA. One year later I showed this photo to the Mexican Federal Environmental Enforcement (PROFEPA) representative in Chihuahua, the late Pilar López Marco, who instantly recognized the woman on the right, “¡Lolita!” This cemented our work relationship and allowed the TNRCC (as we were called back then), EPA and PROFEPA to partner together in the first transboundary hazardous waste task force in the border. That’s how things get done in Mexico. Today this would be called “transactional relationships.” Rebuilding

TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018 Phase II - 2017 - Rebuilding Four trips to Juárez to rebuild three stations Purchased portable audit calibrator Replaced pumps in CO and O3 monitors Purchased new tanks of CO calibration gas Rebuilt, calibrated, and tuned all equipment Rebuilt and installed meteorological sensors Purchased three months of consumables for network of PM monitors TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

Deliverable for Phase II in 2017 Real-time air quality data: http://juarez.tx.sutron.com/ TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018 Phase III - 2018 Continue technical support in 2018 Replace data loggers …and beyond Create a sustainable binational funding mechanism TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

Annual Operating Budget Estimated budget for one-year operation and maintenance of three continuous sites and eight PM10 samplers The stations (electricity, internet, maintenance) Personnel (two FTEs) Consumables (filters, motors, fleet vehicles and gasoline) Data management (calibrations, validation, technical assistance) $100k USD/year TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

ACT III Why is this Important and the Consequences of Inaction Joint Advisory Committee | May 25, 2017

Potential Health Impacts of Poor Air Quality Stroke, heart disease, and lung cancer Chronic and acute respiratory disease including asthma Increased susceptibility to infection Reduced lung function and cardiovascular disease Decreased life expectancy TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

Potential Economic Impacts of Poor Air Quality What sources of pollution are responsible for the negative economic impacts? Who’s emitting, where are the emissions, and what can be done to mitigate the negative impacts? What’s the “social cost” per ton of a given pollutant Knowing these answers the more likely regulatory impacts with have the intended effect TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

Consequences of Inaction Air pollution has no boundaries Data from half the “bowl” is insufficient for effective modeling and planning No knowledge of one-time exceedances or long-term trends Cannot justify investments to protect air quality No forecasting for vulnerable populations Neither government nor academia have access to data to study local air quality phenomena TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference| May 16, 2018

Department of Vehicle Inspection and Air Quality of Ciudad Juárez Joint Advisory Committee | May 25, 2017

The End Air monitoring – take the guesswork out of protecting air quality Joint Advisory Committee | May 25, 2017