Filing an Air
Quality Complaint
Who
to contact regarding your complaint?
Contact the Rapid
City Air Quality staff for outdoor air quality complaints related
to fugitive dust and smoke at (605) 394-4157.
Your complaint can also be submitted online.
Rapid City does not have ordinances to regulate odors or vehicle emissions.
Contact the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources for complaints related to industrial sources
in Rapid City at (605) 394-2229.
Indoor air quality is not regulated
by the Rapid City Air Quality Division. Indoor air quality includes
asbestos,
radon,
indoor smoke, odors and mold. The Department
of Environment and Natural Resources, United
States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) or
the OSHA Region 8 office,
which includes South Dakota, can provide additional information regarding
indoor air quality problems. To contact the area OSHA office directly,
call (720) 264-6550. The American
Lung Association of South Dakota can also be contacted at (605)
336-7222 08 (800) 873-5864 for assistance on indoor air quality problems. More information
can be obtained on indoor air quality pollutants and their impact
on your home, workplace and school through the American
Lung Association website.
If you are not sure who to contact
regarding your air quality complaint, please contact the Rapid City
Air Quality staff.
How
to file a complaint.
Who are you?
The Air Quality staff will
need your name, address, and phone number. This information will
be kept confidential.
What is the source of the air quality complaint?
You will need to inform the Air
Quality staff what is the source (mud tracking, wood smoke, etc.)
of the air quality problem and how it has affected you.
What is the location of the air pollution source?
Provide an accurate description
of the location (address, business name, resident name, house color,
etc.).
When does the problem occur?
It is best to call when the problem
is occurring. If there is fugitive dust from a construction site
or mud tracking on the street, if possible, determine the name of
the business or person generating the fugitive dust or mud tracking.
The Air Quality staff will inspect the site as soon as possible.
If there is a smoke problem, please note the day and time of the
problem and if there is a pattern. Typically smoke problems occur
outside of business hours; however, the Air Quality staff can
send a courtesy letter to the location of the air quality complaint.
If necessary additional follow up will be conducted.
Air
Quality
Rapid City, SD
(605) 394-4157
