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• “… the university of Washington school of public health to study the air quality implications of air traffic at the international airport in the state that has the highest total annual number of arrivals and departures. • … an assessment of ultrafine particulate matter in areas surrounding and directly impacted by air traffic generated by the airport… • including areas within 10 miles of the airport in the directions of aircraft flight paths and within 10 miles of the airport where public agencies operate an existing air monitoring station… WA State Proviso • … distinguish between aircraft and other sources of ultrafine particulate matter • … compare concentrations of ultrafine particulate matter in areas impacted by… air traffic with… areas that are not impacted by… air traffic. • …coordinate with local governments … share results and inclusively solicit feedback from community members. • December 1, 2019 submit report. Outline • Background on Ultrafine Particles • Previous Airport Studies • The Mobile ObserVations of Ultrafine Particles (MOV-UP) Study Methods • Progress to date ‘Ultrafine’ Particles Sources of ultrafines: • Diesel exhaust • Gasoline direct injection exhaust • Aircraft exhaust • Other combustion + atmospheric chemistry *search terms: “airports”& “ultrafine particles” A selection of cities with published studies of airport UFP impacts Distance from airport to monitoring site < 1km 1 to 10 km > 10 km Tianjin, China London, England Los Angeles, CA Rome, Italy Los Angeles, CA Amsterdam, NL Venice, Italy Norwich, England Atlanta, GA Taipei, Taiwan Boston, MA…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]