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In March 2010 the SLO APCD Board promised over and over that scientific criticisms of the "Phase 2 Dust Study" would be addressed and answered. Today, the Board voted to proceed with dust regulation—breaking all of their own promises. IGNORED: Questions from a Ph.D. on their own Board! IGNORED: Questions from California Geological Survey IGNORED: Questions from Environmental consultants and experts IGNORED: Comments from informed and concerned park users If SLO APCD dust... READ MORE

Oceano Dunes "DRI Pilot Projects" Dust Measurements Questions to Desert Research Institute (DRI) scientists regarding the "PI-SWERL" dune measurement device used in the DRI dune study. Loading the player ... jw640w['file'] = "/Data/Sites/1/files/apcd/board/20110907-PM-Workshop-questions.mp4"; jw640w['image'] = "/Data/Sites/1/files/apcd/board/20110907-PM-Workshop-questions.jpg"; jw640w['plugins'] = { 'captions-2' : { 'back' : 'true' } }; ... READ MORE

"Bad air day" forecasts WRONG Half The Time... INTENTIONALLY! DUNE FACTS analyzed nearly a year of Nipomo Mesa "dust" air forecasts and found a mathematical bias high enough to create 100 fictional "bad air day" forecasts per year. One hundred fictional days to alarm the public and make Nipomo Mesa residents think they are breathing bad air (because of off-road use of our local dunes). In truth, a full 48% of the "bad" forecasts turned out to be "Good" days. The stunner? THE AIR DISTRICT ... READ MORE

We don't need no stinking science! For months, the Nipomo Mesa "Phase 2 Dust Study" has been questioned by scientists, geologists and the public. Repeated concerns about obvious scientific flaws have fallen on the ears of a deaf Board, unwilling to give consideration to a plethora of easily provable concerns. However, on May 18, 2011, the Board refused to even listen to one of their own board members—who also happens to hold a Ph.D.! What better illustration that the Nipomo Mesa dust... READ MORE

Airborne particulates are anything but new to the Nipomo Mesa and surrounding region. The Mesa is composed of Pleistocene and Holocene-era sand dune deposits, thousands of years old and several hundred feet thick. Decomposing mountainous rock, ground into sand and transported to the sea by local rivers, washes ashore with the tides — 500 million pounds of sediment per year, according to the U.S. Geological Survey — and is entrained by the winds and blown inland. “But in the earlier... READ MORE