On December 10th, 2014, MDEQ, U.S. EPA and local university partners held a training on understanding air quality data for interested parties in Detroit and surrounding areas. The training covered EPA's air databases, monitoring data, enforcement and compliance data, and other studies that have been conducted in Detroit. The workshop was designed to inform community members about air data and air monitoring in Detroit. 

Below you will find links to documents and materials from the workshop such as the agenda, summary, and speaker presentations. Links to additional resources are also included below.

Workshop Materials:

• Workshop Summary
  
• EPA Air Monitoring Resources Handout
  
• Agenda

Presentations and Speakers:

• Creating an Emission Inventory, Tom Shanley, Supervisor, Emissions Reporting and Assessment, Michigan DEQ, Air Quality Division
• Using Emission Inventories and Models to Better Understand Air Impacts, Carlton Nash, Chief, Toxics and Global Atmosphere Section, US EPA Region 5
• Useful Databases, Lara Lasky, MPH, Environmental Justice Program Coordinator, US EPA Region 5
• Types of Monitors in Southeast Michigan, Susan Kilmer, Environmental Scientist, Michigan DEQ, Air Quality Division
• How MDEQ Determines Where to Monitor, Craig Fitzner, Supervisor, Air Monitoring Unit, Michigan DEQ, Air Quality Division
• What the Air Monitoring Data Shows: Trends in Air Quality, Robert Sills, Toxics Unit Supervisor, Michigan DEQ, Air Quality Division
• Southeast Michigan Air Monitoring in the Context of EPA Regional Programs, Motria Caudill, Air Monitoring & Analysis Section, US EPA Region 5
• Integration of Spatial and Temporal Air Quality Measurements in Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Lawrence D. Lemke, Department of Geology/Environmental Science Program, Wayne State University
• Health Effects of Air Pollution: Airborne Particulate and Ozone, Tim Dvonch, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, School of Public Health
• Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments Project, Amy Schulz, Professor, University of Michigan, School of Public Health
• Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report, Robb De Kleine, Research Specialist, Center for Sustainable Systems, University of Michigan
• The Role of Air Quality Modeling in Addressing Wayne County’s Sulfur Dioxide Problem, Laurie Williams, Associate Attorney, Sierra Club
• EPA’s Next Generation of Air Monitors, Motria Caudill, Air Monitoring & Analysis Section, US EPA Region 5
• Possible Air Monitoring Projects for the Future, Amy Robinson, Environmental Quality Analyst, Michigan DEQ, Air Quality Division

More information:  

• EPA Region 5 Air and Radiation Division
• EPA Region 5 Environmental Justice
• Environmental Issues in Southwest Detroit