The Utah Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality will hold a series of public meetings beginning tomorrow to receive feedback on Utah's draft plan to improve and protect visual air quality in the national parks on the Colorado Plateau. 

"These meetings are not formal public hearings on the final plan," said Rick Sprott, director of the Utah Division of Air Quality. "Public hearings will be held in October before the plan is adopted by the Utah Air Quality Board. Right now, we want to give the public the opportunity to review the preliminary draft, and we want to hear public opinions about the contents of the plan."

The plan details coordinated strategies Utah will use to reduce human-caused pollutants that contribute to regional haze, mainly particulate matter and certain gases such as sulfur dioxide. Utah is one of several western states developing plans to improve visibility in national parks. All five of Utah's national parks; Arches, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon and Zions; are located on the Colorado Plateau and experience regional haze.

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