The Division of Air Resource Management's mission is to protect, conserve and restore the air resources of the state with the primary goal of protecting human health.  The District Air Program implements the federal Clean Air Act and appropriate Florida statutes, monitors air quality, issues permits to the air pollution sources and administers Florida's air pollution control programs to accomplish this mission. The program also promotes pollution prevention and coordinates its work with other local, state, and federal air programs.

The District Air Program has regulatory responsibility for the following jurisdictional counties: Highland, Glades, Hendry, Charlotte, Lee, Collier, Monroe County and some agricultural industries located in Western Palm Beach County.  The District Air Program Office is comprised of three main sections: Air Permitting, Compliance & Enforcement and Air Monitoring. 

Our Compliance and Enforcement staff handles the compliance assurance program for permitted facilities. This involves inspection of the sources, witnessing emissions and visible evaluation tests, reviewing test reports, reviewing annual operating reports and monitoring continuous emissions systems. We also facilitate understanding permit conditions. We initiate enforcement actions in cases of serious non-compliance and strongly encourage implementation of pollution prevention whenever feasible.