Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power, Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Program
Owens Lake is on the United States Environmental Protection Agency's list of Serious Non-attainment for PM10 emissions. The federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 mandated that Serious Non-attainment areas for PM10, including the Owens Valley PM10 Planning Area, attain the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for PM10. The predominantly dry, alkaline lake playa is approximately 17 miles north to south by 10 miles east to west, for a total of 70,000 acres. Cordoba has provided an array of engineering and planning services as part of the environmental program management services related to the Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Program Dust Control Measure for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Cordoba has provided services in the areas of Ground Control and Boundary Surveying, South Sand Sheet dust mitigation planning and design, Air Monitoring, Environmental Permitting, Data Collection and Site Management, Cost Estimating, CEQA/NEPA Outreach, and Expert Panel Review.

