Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is issuing a High Pollution Advisory (HPA) for ozone in Maricopa County, effective May 8, 2018. This HPA is due to levels expected to exceed the federal health standard for ozone.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is issuing a High Pollution Advisory (HPA) for ozone in Maricopa County, effective April 27, 2018. This HPA is due to levels expected to exceed the federal health standard for ozone.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is issuing a High Pollution Advisory (HPA) for ozone in Maricopa County, effective April 25, 2018. This HPA is due to levels expected to exceed the federal health standard for ozone.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is issuing a dust High Pollution Advisory (HPA) for Feb. 19, 2018, for coarse particulate matter (PM-10) for the Yuma area in Arizona. This HPA is due to particle pollutant levels expected to accumulate enough to exceed the federal health standard for PM-10.

Verde Ranger District fire managers plan to continue fuels treatments east of the junction of Highway 169 and I-17 starting Monday, Feb. 12 through Friday, Feb. 16; weather conditions permitting.   

Benefits from these treatment help to reduce hazardous fuels adjacent to the wildland urban interface and increase ecosystem and community resilience. 

Camp Navajo Fire Department is responding to a fire that was initiated in the southwest corner of Camp Navajo near Volunteer Canyon. The Gate 13 Fire started Feb. 6 during demolition operations. The Gate 13 Fire is approximately 830-acres in an area that precludes active fire suppression and remains within the established containment lines.

Camp Navajo Fire Department and facility equipment operators have cut firebreaks around 98% of the fire in an effort to contain the fire to its current boundary.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is issuing a Health Watch for Dec. 26, 2017, for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), also known as soot, for Maricopa County, Arizona. This Health Watch is due to particle pollutant levels expected to accumulate enough to possibly exceed the federal health standard for PM2.5.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is issuing an ozone High Pollution Advisory (HPA) for Maricopa County, effective Thursday, August 31, 2017. This HPA is due to ozone levels expected to accumulate enough to exceed the federal health standard for ozone.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is extending the ozone High Pollution Advisory (HPA) for Maricopa County for an eighth consecutive day, effective Wednesday, June 21, 2017. This HPA is due to ozone levels expected to accumulate enough to exceed the federal health standard for ozone.