Air Pollution Control Division

Rocky Mountain National Park Initiative

The RMNP Initiative was formed to study and recommend action on air quality issues facing the park. This website provides a clearinghouse for the initiative's information.

Participants in the initiative include the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Air Pollution Control Division, U.S. EPA Region 8 Air Program, the Air Resources Division of the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service.

Nitrogen Deposition Reduction Contingency Plan

• NDRP Contingency Plan Final Version
   
  • Contingency Plan Amendment Sheet, June 17, 2010
  • Contingency Plan Appendix A: National Agricultural Statistic Service
  • Contingency Plan Appendix B: Monitoring and Tracking Wet Nitrogen Deposition
  • Support Document: Agriculture Work Group Contingency Plan

Nitrogen Deposition Reduction Plan

• Nitrogen Deposition Reduction Plan Revised August 2007

Air Quality Control Commission Resolution Regarding Nitrogen Depostion Reduction Plan

• AQCC Resolution, August 16, 2007

2012 Agriculture Symposiums – Ft. Morgan and Lamar, Colorado

• What’s in the Air and Why You Should Care
• Ammonia Deposition in RMNP
• RoMANs Study
• CDPHE RMNP Air Quality Initiative
• National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool
• BMPs Being Identified
• Achieving the Goal

Papers/Reports/Correspondence

• Monitoring and Tracking Wet Nitrogen Deposition -- September 2011

• Agricultural Producer Nitrogen Fact Sheet – June 2011

• Rocky Mountain Atmospheric Nitrogen and Sulfur Study (RoMANS) Report (October 2009)
  • To view report Please see the National Park Service Website under the "Park Specific" heading

 Presentations (all files in PDF format)

• June 17, 2010 Air Quality Control Commission Public Hearing
  • RMNP Contingency Plan Hearing