About Us

Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency (Spokane Clean Air) is one of seven local air pollution control agencies in Washington state. The agency was orginally established as the Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority after passage of the 1967 Clean Air Washington Act (RCW 70.94). Spokane Clean Air is responsible for enforcing federal, state and local air pollution standards and governing air pollutant emissions from new and existing sources. A five-member Board of Directors establishes the policies and oversees the operations of the agency.

Click here to view a special "40 Years of Clearing the Air" 1969-2009 anniversary webpage.

Our People
To learn more about our staff, Board of Directors and Advisory Council members, and meeting agendas and minutes, click here. 

Our Funding
Our budget for Fiscal Year 2010 was approximately $1.8 million. Our funding comes from a variety of sources, most of it local. The pie chart below depicts our revenue sources for FY 10.

Spokane County and its cities and towns contribute to the work we do on behalf of their citizens through an annual assessment based on a formula outlined in the state's Clean Air Act. 

Permit and registration fees from businesses is another funding source, and we receive state and federal grants.

The pie chart below illustrates our program costs for FY 09.

Air Monitoring — A network of ten air quality monitoring stations are located throughout Spokane County. To better assess air quality in outlying areas of the county, three new locations were added to the network in early 2008: Airway Heights, Deer Park, and Spokane Valley. The air monitoring information obtained helps in:

• Predicting daily air quality conditions and significant events (e.g. air stagnations)
• Calling Burn Bans
• Describing, measuring, and reporting air quality in our communities
• Operating a "Clean Air Network" to notify businesses and individual subscribers via email of air quality changes and clean air actions.

Business Registration, Facility Inspections & Compliance Assistance — Achieving emissions reductions from industrial and commercial operations

• Annual registration of approximately 650 commercial and industrial operations.
• Conducting periodic inspections of facilities.
• Issuing federally required permits.
• Providing compliance assistance, including on-site visits, technical workshops, and resource materials.

Complaint Response & Enforcement — Agency field staff respond to hundreds of complaints from citizens concerned about air quality. The most common complaints are related to smoke, dust and odors.

Education & Outreach — The vast majority of air pollution comes from individual behaviors, which is why we provide a host of education and outreach programs in our community. Public awareness of air pollution problems and solutions is key to achieving long term behavior change that will result in clean, healthful air. 

We partner in educational programs and incentives to encourage people to make cleaner choices whenever feasible, such as:

• driving less and using commute options (bus, carpool, bicycle, walk, etc.)
• reducing vehicle idling at schools, drive-throughs and railroad crossings
• upgrading to a cleaner, more efficient wood, pellet or gas heating device
• chipping, mulching and/or composting natural yard debris instead of burning it
• keeping vehicles properly maintained, including the correct tire pressure 

Non-Discrimination Notice
The Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency (SRCAA) hereby gives public notice that it is the policy of the agency to assure full compliance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. Title VI requires that no person in the United States of America shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity for which SRCAA receives federal financial assistance. Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice under Title VI has a right to file a formal complaint with SRCAA. Any such complaint must be in writing and filed with SRCAA within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of the alleged discriminatory occurence.

ADA Notice
The Spokane Regional Clean Air (SRCAA) will ensure that no qualified disabled individual shall, solely on the basis of his or her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any of its programs, services, or activities as provided by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). SRCAA further ensures that every effort will be made to provide nondiscrimination in all of its programs and activities regardless of the funding source.