natural resource monitoring News
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EPA issues final report of air toxics study in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands--public meeting to be held on August 23
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a report on a four-month study of air pollution from the HOVENSA oil refinery and other sources of air pollution near the facility in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The purpose of the study was to determine whether air quality near the facility poses health concerns to the community and to guide the strategies for reducing local ...
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Environmental Agencies Invite Public to Discuss Air Quality Issues and Participation Opportunities for Muscatine, Iowa
EPA Region 7 and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will host two public availability and informational sessions about Muscatine, Iowa’s, outdoor air, indoor air quality, monitoring and public participation opportunities on Aug. 28 at the Environmental Learning Center in the city’s Discovery Park. The events are free and open to the public. Subject matter experts will be ...
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Court strikes down Bush administration pollution monitoring loophole
A federal appeals court has struck down an Environmental Protection Agency rule that exempted major industrial polluters from accurately measuring dangerous emissions. The court held that EPA violated the Clean Air Act in allowing the largest air pollution sources to avoid monitoring, recording and recordkeeping of air pollution emissions needed to assure compliance with clean air laws. The EPA ...
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