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Balancing data collection with active mitigation efforts
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Council Member Gennaro emphasizes the importance of balancing data collection through monitoring with active efforts to mitigate air pollution problems. He stresses the need for affirmative action to reduce air pollution vectors.
- While data collection is valuable, the focus should be on solving the problem
- The indirect source rule is highlighted as an example of taking action to address air quality issues
- Gennaro questions the utility of just collecting data without clear plans for using it
- He suggests that it's better to take affirmative action to reduce air pollution sources
- The council member emphasizes the need to move beyond simply monitoring and bemoaning bad air quality data
Jim Gennaro
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And I think if I could just jump in.
1:39:58
I mean, there's there's, you know, monitoring and, you know, gathering data.
1:40:02
And as a scientist, you know, no one likes data more than I.
1:40:07
But it seems like what we're doing with the indirect source rule is, you know, what we wanna do is I mean, we're we're we're, you know, helping to solve the problem.
1:40:17
And and I I I just wanna be mindful of of, you know, what we're doing with the indirect source rule and and other efforts that we may, you know, endeavor to undertake.
1:40:33
And then it's also the the the question of, you know, monitoring like you get the data.
1:40:37
It's always a question of, like, what are you gonna do with it?
1:40:40
And but so yeah.
1:40:46
I I it it it it it's it's, you know, great to monitor and get information.
1:40:52
It's also great to take very affirmative action to reduce some of the, you know, air pollution vectors that are having such bad consequences.
1:41:05
But yeah.
1:41:06
And so I think we've
Alexa Avilés
1:41:16
We did the thing.
Jim Gennaro
1:41:17
Yeah.
1:41:17
I think with the monitoring, we're good.
Alexa Avilés
1:41:22
Yep.
1:41:23
Yeah.
1:41:26
I think what it shows, chair, is that I think for a long time we've had monitoring.
1:41:30
We haven't figured out the mitigation effort because we just kind of Right.
1:41:34
Keep accepting everything as is.
Jim Gennaro
1:41:36
And and just getting bad news and
Alexa Avilés
1:41:38
100%.
Jim Gennaro
1:41:39
Bemoaning it.
1:41:39
And so, you know, better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
1:41:43
And I think that's what the indirect source rule.
1:41:46
Borrowed I I I I borrowed I I borrowed that from president Kennedy.
1:41:50
So
Alexa Avilés
1:41:51
So you got no credit?
Jim Gennaro
1:41:52
I also like no one else in the show I actually remember president Kennedy.
1:41:55
So I just he said that and I borrowed it.
1:42:00
So and now it's mine, you know.