Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.23
Liaison Maria Dahmus
Submission Date June 21, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of St. Thomas
OP-2: Outdoor Air Quality

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 1.00 Colin Brownlow
Director of Environmental Health and Safety
Facilities Management
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Part 1 

Does the institution have policies and/or guidelines in place to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources on campus?:
No

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A brief description of the policies and/or guidelines to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources:
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Part 2 

Has the institution completed an inventory of significant air emissions from stationary campus sources or else verified that no such emissions are produced?:
Yes

Weight of the following categories of air emissions from stationary sources::
Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 2.91 Tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx) 0.35 Tons
Carbon monoxide (CO) 2.32 Tons
Particulate matter (PM) 0.05 Tons
Ozone (O3) ---
Lead (Pb) ---
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) 0.15 Tons
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) ---
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations ---

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A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:
The inventory was completed by inputting measured natural gas and fuel oil consumed by all on-campus stationary sources during the 2017 calendar year into the regulatory agency's (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency) on-line calculator. Weight of emissions for ozone and ozone-depleting compounds were not included in the air emissions inventory. Weight of emissions from lead were reported as <0.001 short tons. All weight data is reported in short tons.

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