To: All Students

From: Gina Mayer-Costa, Director of Environmental Health and Safety

Date: June 7, 2023

As a result of the wildfires in Canada, the campus and surrounding area continue to experience an air quality alert.  The air quality is currently categorized as unhealthy and the conditions are subject to change.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides the following recommendations for air quality:

Unhealthy air quality

• Sensitive Groups: Avoid prolonged or heavy exertion.  Move activities indoors or reschedule to a time when the air quality is better.

• Everyone Else:  Reduce prolonged or heavy exertion.  Take more breaks during all outdoor activities.

Very Unhealthy air quality

• Sensitive Groups: Avoid all physical activity outdoors.  Move activities indoors or reschedule to a time when the air quality is better.

• Everyone Else:  Avoid prolonged or heavy exertion.  Consider moving activities indoors or rescheduling to a time when air quality is better.

Hazardous air quality

• Everyone:  Avoid all physical activity outdoors.

• Sensitive Groups:  Remain indoors and keep activity levels low.

The College is following the EPA guidance on keeping outdoor particle pollution from entering campus buildings.  This includes utilizing the highest efficiency air filters in the air handling systems and closing all intake dampers in our HVAC systems.  All exhaust fans remain operational.

Outdoor recreational activities are discouraged and the Bradley Fitness center is closed.

For more information on ground-level ozone and fine particles visit The NJ Department of Environmental Protection.

For information on air quality forecasts visit here.

The campus will continue with normal operations.  Please contact Gina Mayer-Costa, the Director of Environmental Health and Safety with any questions or concerns at 201-684-7531.