The major air quality programs are: the construction permit program, the operating permit program, the emission inventory program, the ambient air quality monitoring program, the inspection and compliance program, the planning and development program, and the asbestos program.
Three local agencies -- the Lincoln/Lancaster County Health Department, the Omaha Air Quality Control, and the Douglas County Health Department -- have accepted through contract with the NDEQ, responsibility for various facets of the program. These responsibilities include air quality monitoring, planning, permitting and enforcement within their areas of jurisdiction. .