Staff Air Pollution Specialist

The Air Quality Planning Branch of the Air Quality Planning and Science Division seeks a motivated Staff Air Pollution Specialist (SAPS) to provide federal and State policy work on technically complex State Implementation Plan (SIP) development related to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), PM10, and ozone criteria pollutants. PM2.5 is a complex mixture of pollutants including directly emitted PM2.5 such as diesel exhaust and woodsmoke, and secondarily formed PM2.5 such as ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate formed from precursor emissions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently strengthened the level of the PM2.5 standard, which could impact large areas of the state who have never been non-attainment, requiring significant air quality planning, analysis, and policy input for plan development and implementation. The underlying state and regional plans drive immediate and long-range emission reductions and are a key part of the Board’s basic mission.