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Its stated goals are to:
  • Attain and maintain healthy air quality.

  • Conduct research into the causes of and solutions to Air Pollution .


The governing board is made up of eleven members appointed by the state's Governor , and the chairman is the only full-time member.

Half of the appointees are experts in professional and science fields such as Medicine , Chemistry , Physics , Meteorology , Engineering , business, and law. Others represent the pollution control agencies of regional districts within California - Los Angeles region, San Francisco Bay area, San Diego , and the San Joaquin Valley , and one for other districts.


CARB'S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE


Carb has nine major divisions: CARB's Divisions

  • Administrative Services Division

  • Enforcement Division

  • Mobile Source Control Division

  • Mobile Source Operations Division

  • Monitoring and Laboratory Division

  • Office of Information Services

  • Planning and Technical Support Division

  • Research Division

  • Stationary Source Division



Planning and Technical Support Division


The Planning and Technical Support Division assesses the extent of California's air quality problems and the progress being made to abate them, coordinates statewide development of clean air plans and maintains databases pertinent to air quality and emissions. The Division's technical support work provides a basis for clean air plans and CARB's regulatory programs. This support includes management and interpretation of emission inventories, air quality data, Meteorological data and of Air Quality Modeling . CARB's Planning and Technical Support Division

The Planning and Technical Support Division has five branches:



Atmospheric Modeling & Support Section


The Atmospheric Modeling & Support Section is one of three sections within the Modeling & Meteorology Branch. The other two sections are the Regional Air Quality Modeling Section and the Meteorology Section.

The air quality and . Compilation Of Atmospheric Dispersion Models The Section also uses models which were either developed by CARB or whose development was funded by CARB, such as:

  • CALPUFF — Originally developed by the Sigma Research Company (SRC) under contract to CARB. Currently maintained by the TRC Solution Company under contract to the U.S. EPA.