Clean Air Program

The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission is actively pursuing strategies to improve air quality in northwest Indiana, including public education through the NIRPC Clean Air Campaign. The purpose of the NIRPC Clean Air Campaign is to encourage small modifications in daily behavior that will collectively help to improve air quality in northwest Indiana by reducing emissions that contribute to the creation of ground-level ozone. The campaign is managed by the NIRPC Environmental Management Policy Committee, which also serves as the Northwest Indiana Air Quality Steering Committee. The Air Quality Steering Committee provides guidance to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management on how northwest Indiana can reach air quality attainment and how the public can be informed on air quality issues.

Northwest Indiana has been selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Highway Administration as one of fourteen demonstration communities nationwide to participate in a public education program called "It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air". The joint federal agency program provides materials and partial funding support to conduct regional air quality public awareness campaigns. Northwest Indiana has also been selected by USEPA and FHWA as one of six demonstration communities to complete pre and post campaign surveys. The telephone surveys will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the "It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air" campaign to increase public awareness on air quality issues.

As part of the "It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air" campaign, NIRPC has produced an information brochure titled "It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air for Northwest Indiana". The brochure provides a summary of the information contained on this website. Copies of the brochure can be obtained by contacting NIRPC at nirpc@nirpc.org.