LADCO 2025 Regional Air Quality Meeting
Save the Date: June 5, 2025 Rosemont, IL
LADCO hosts meetings for air quality stakeholders in the Great Lakes region to learn about recent work on air pollution research and policy. These meetings provide an opportunity for stakeholders interested in air pollution to interface directly with the technical and regulatory air quality agencies in the Great Lakes region. We’ve timed these meetings to roughly coincide with significant regulatory actions or deadlines.
LADCO is hosting our first regional air quality meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic on June 5, 2025. With upcoming attainment dates for ozone and fine particulate matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), we feel the time is right to gather air quality stakeholders in the Great Lakes region to review the current state of the science and preview what can be expected for attainment planning in the next few years.
Meeting Objectives
- Hear from national and state air quality regulators about current and emerging regulations
- Receive updates on the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) status in the Great Lakes states
- Learn about recent federal, regional, and state air quality technical analyses and regulatory activities
- Hear from LADCO about the current state of air quality in the Great Lakes region
- Discuss air quality issues and challenges with the LADCO member state air directors
Who are air pollution stakeholders?
The air pollution stakeholders who have attended LADCO’s regional air quality meetings in the past include:
- Industry: electricity, automotive, solvents, manufacturing, minerals, surface coatings, and other industries with air emissions activities
- Health: public and respiratory health agencies
- Environment: environmental research and advocacy organizations
- Regulation & Enforcement: government agencies tasked with developing and enforcing environmental regulations
- Research: organizations working to improve understanding of the causes of and solutions to air pollution
- Consulting & Legal: firms providing council to the regulated or regulatory air quality communities on technical, legal, and policy issues
Why is the timing right for another meeting?
The recent regulatory issues that warrant another meeting include:
- PM2.5 Designations: EPA and states are working on designations of non-attainment areas for the 2024 annual PM2.5 NAAQS in 2025
- Ozone Bump-Ups: As EPA will reclassify several areas from moderate to severe for the 2015 ozone NAAQS in 2025, planning for the August 3, 2027 attainment date of the 2015 ozone NAAQS should start now
- Pollution Transport: Good Neighbor plans for the 2024 annual PM2.5 NAAQS are due in 2026
Who will be speaking at the meeting?
LADCO staff will brief the meeting attendees on the current state of air pollution knowledge, attainment, and trends in our member states. U.S. EPA regional and national staff will present about the current regulatory agenda. The directors of the LADCO member state air programs will discuss the regulatory agenda and the compliance challenges faced by their agencies.
Meeting Details
Participants will be able attend the meeting in-person at the O’Hare Double Tree Hotel in Rosemont, IL or online.
Details of the meeting, including the agenda, presenters, event registration, and travel logistics will be available by the end of March 2025.
Save the date (June 5, 2025) and join LADCO for our first regional air quality meeting in over five years! Stay tuned for registration details and please share this announcement with others in your network who may be interested in attending the meeting. Reach out to the LADCO Executive Director (adelman@ladco.org) with any questions about this meeting.
