Reno/Sparks, Nev. March 4, 2024 – The Nevada Business Environmental Program (BEP), a partner of Northern Nevada Public Health (NNPH) – Air Quality Management Division (AQMD), is hosting a series of workshops in the coming months specific to local air quality regulations.

This series covers minor source permitting, annual emissions reporting, gas dispensing operations, and dust control permitting. Find the schedule and more information on these workshops online here.

The next workshop covers Dust Control and is on Tuesday, March 5 from 10 a.m.-noon at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Redfield Campus, Room 221. This workshop will cover who needs a dust control permit, control measures for dust and maintaining a dust control permit.

NNPH encourages anyone who manages a construction site, landscapers, contractors, and consultants to attend this training. Registration is required for the free workshop and can be done online.

For any questions about the workshops, please contact Zack Rice at zrice@unr.edu or 775-834-3682.

For more information regarding NNPH’s air quality efforts, visit the Air Quality Management Division’s website at OurCleanAir.com.

Please note the Washoe County Health District changed its name to Northern Nevada Public Health on Aug. 31, 2023. More information is here.

Northern Nevada Public Health (NNPH) is nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board and has jurisdiction over all public health matters in Reno, Sparks, and Washoe County through the policy-making District Board of Health. NNPH consists of five divisions: Administrative Health Services, Air Quality Management, Community and Clinical Health Services, Environmental Health Services and Epidemiology & Public Health Preparedness. More info can be found here.