GOAL 8:

ALL DALLAS' COMMUNITIES BREATHE CLEAN AIR

Targets

MEET GROUND LEVEL OZONE ATTAINMENT STANDARD AS DESIGNATED BY NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS (NAAQS) BY 2030 AND MAINTAIN STATUS THROUGH 2050.

MAINTAIN ATTAINMENT STATUS AS DESIGNATED BY NAAQS FOR LEAD, CARBON MONOXIDE, NITROGEN DIOXIDE, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM10), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5) AND SULFUR DIOXIDE THROUGH 2050.

Q4 Progress

Reported October2025

While air quality in Dallas is generally improving, in north Texas, 10 counties including Dallas do not consistently meet the 2008 Federal Air quality criteria for ground level ozone; nine counties consistently do not meet the 2015 federal ozone standard. This is also an area with significant community concern. As of the start of FY 24-25, all 4 actions and 11 milestones under this category have been activated. Work will continue under the following City departments:

Environmental Quality & Sustainability
Planning & Development

Note: Actions marked as ongoing span multiple fiscal years, meaning efforts will be carried out continuously and therefore will not be marked complete until the end of this fiscal year.

Year Five Work Plan

COMPLETE: 10 Milestones

AQ1: Work with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to install additional air quality monitoring stations across the city.

Maintain regulatory air monitoring and sampling programs in coordination with TCEQ
Make data from regulatory air monitoring stations available to the public

AQ2: Partner with nonprofits and schools to develop and implement non-regulatory monitors in neighborhoods.

Convene regional air quality monitoring summit with local entities implementing air quality monitoring programs to assess state of the science, and opportunities for data sharing
Administer an environmental justice grant for air quality sensors, include efforts to coordinate neighborhood communication, and efforts to partner with public health experts to develop and implement appropriate interventions
Evaluate sensor data to track neighborhood air quality
Make data from neighborhood air quality sensors available to the public

AQ3: Continue to support and expand on the Air North Texas campaign to raise public awareness and improve air quality.

Work with partners to reduce illegal idling in historically disadvantaged communities
Continue to support Air North Texas Campaign and expand where feasible

AQ4: Ensure new industries are an appropriate distance away from neighborhoods.

Share Environmental Justice tool with City staff and provide trainining so there is a good understanding of potential EJ impacts associated with City operations and practices (including batchplant locations supporting City construction)
Through Forward Dallas 2.0, understand, characterize, and propose proactive city strategies to address situations with inequitable industrial proximity to residential uses

GOAL 8: ALL DALLAS' COMMUNITIES BREATHE CLEAN AIR

Targets

Environmental Quality & Sustainability

Planning & Development

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Note: Actions marked as ongoing span multiple fiscal years, meaning efforts will be carried out continuously and therefore will not be marked complete until the end of this fiscal year.

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Year Five Work Plan

COMPLETE: 10 Milestones

AQ1: Work with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to install additional air quality monitoring stations across the city.

Maintain regulatory air monitoring and sampling programs in coordination with TCEQ

Make data from regulatory air monitoring stations available to the public

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AQ2: Partner with nonprofits and schools to develop and implement non-regulatory monitors in neighborhoods.

Convene regional air quality monitoring summit with local entities implementing air quality monitoring programs to assess state of the science, and opportunities for data sharing

Administer an environmental justice grant for air quality sensors, include efforts to coordinate neighborhood communication, and efforts to partner with public health experts to develop and implement appropriate interventions

Evaluate sensor data to track neighborhood air quality

Make data from neighborhood air quality sensors available to the public

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AQ3: Continue to support and expand on the Air North Texas campaign to raise public awareness and improve air quality.

Work with partners to reduce illegal idling in historically disadvantaged communities

Continue to support Air North Texas Campaign and expand where feasible

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AQ4: Ensure new industries are an appropriate distance away from neighborhoods.

Share Environmental Justice tool with City staff and provide trainining so there is a good understanding of potential EJ impacts associated with City operations and practices (including batchplant locations supporting City construction)

Through Forward Dallas 2.0, understand, characterize, and propose proactive city strategies to address situations with inequitable industrial proximity to residential uses

GOAL 8:

ALL DALLAS' COMMUNITIES BREATHE CLEAN AIR