EPA air quality standard News
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EPA Approves Redesignation of Knoxville Area to Attainment for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is taking final action to approve the state of Tennessee’s request to redesignate the Knoxville area to attainment for the 2008 8-hour ozone standard. This action is based on air quality monitoring data for the three-year period of 2011, 2012, and 2013 that meets the standard. The area continues to attain this standard. On ...
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Air & Waste Management Association presents series of 2008 webinars
The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) is presenting a series of Webinars for environmental professionals on topics related to air quality. These Webinars will discuss significant air litigation court cases, the basics of air quality modeling, the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) vacatur, and the EPA’s newly revised air quality standards for lead.“These Webinars provide a ...
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EPA announces it will reconsider national smog standards
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson today announced the agency would reconsider the 2008 national smog standards to ensure they are scientifically sound and protective of human health. Smog, which is also known as ground level ozone, has been linked to asthma and other respiratory illnesses. “This is one of the most important protection measures we can take to ...
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EPA Completes Second Step in Ongoing Ground-Level Ozone Air Quality Standards Review
A key document in EPA's review of national air quality standards for ozone will recommend the administrator consider strengthening the current ozone standards to better protect public health. The document, known as the 'final staff paper,' contains staff recommendations for the administrator to consider in upcoming decisions about revising the agency's ozone standards. The Clean Air Act ...
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EPA Issues Analysis of Potential Benefits and Costs of Proposed Revisions to Air Quality Standards for Ground-Level Ozone
Washington, D.C. --The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its assessment of the potential benefits and costs of meeting the standards in its proposed revisions to the nation's air quality standards for ground-level ozone. EPA has proposed to strengthen the standards, based on the most recent scientific evidence about the health effects of ozone -- the primary component of smog. ...
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EPA’s budget proposal seeks efficiencies, increased environmental protection
The Obama Administration has proposed a budget of $10 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This budget heeds the president’s call to streamline and find efficiencies in the agency’s operations while supporting the seven priority areas EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson outlined to guide EPA’s work. “To meet our environmental challenges and ensure fiscal responsibility, ...
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With hot weather, elevated smog predicted in parts of New England for Saturday, June 19, 2010 (CT, MA)
Unhealthy air quality is predicted for northwestern Connecticut and western Massachusetts due to ground-level ozone on Saturday June 19, 2010. Air quality is forecast to improve on Sunday. “We are expecting that on Saturday, some parts of New England will experience unhealthy air quality,” said Curt Spalding, regional administrator of EPA’s New England office. “When we ...
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Elevated ozone levels predicted in parts of conn., mass. and maine on Wed. July 28, 2010 (CT, ME, MA)
Unhealthy air quality is predicted for interior Connecticut, central Massachusetts, and southern coastal Maine on Wednesday due to high concentrations of ground-level ozone. “As this hot summer weather continues, we’re expecting another day tomorrow where parts of New England will experience unhealthy air quality. Everybody can help reduce smog-forming emissions by driving less, by ...
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Poor air quality predicted for the south coast of New England for Saturday, July 24, 2010 (CT, MA, RI)
Unhealthy air quality is predicted for coastal Connecticut, all of Rhode Island and south coastal Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the Islands, Saturday due to ground-level ozone. A cold frontal passage on Sunday should bring better air quality for the end of the weekend. “We are expecting Saturday to be another unhealthy air quality day in parts of New England,” said Curt ...
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Poor air quality predicted in Southern and Coastal New England for Wednesday, June 8
Unhealthy air quality is predicted for southern coastal Connecticut, all of Rhode Island, the south coast of Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the Islands, and coastal New Hampshire on Wednesday due to ground-level ozone. Poor air quality is likely to continue into Thursday. “We are expecting Wednesday to be an unhealthy air quality day in parts of southern and coastal New ...
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EPA takes next step to implement 2008 ozone standards / most areas that need to take steps to reduce ozone pollution are close to meeting the standards; only three new areas have been added
Working closely with states and tribes, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is identifying areas that meet or do not meet the 2008 air quality standards for ground-level ozone, known as smog. The agency’s approach to implementing these standards will improve air quality, protect public health, increase certainty for states and tribes, maximize flexibilities and minimize the ...
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Ontario continues to call for stricter US smog rules
Ontario is continuing its opposition to new, weak US ozone standards by supporting legal action against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On Friday, Ontario advised the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Washington, D.C. that it will file an amicus brief in the ozone standards case now before the court. The brief will lay out Ontario’s concerns about the ...
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Poor air quality predicted for the south coast of New England for today, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 (CT, MA)
Unhealthy air quality is predicted for coastal Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the Islands, today due to ground-level ozone. Poor air quality is expected to continue into tomorrow. “We are expecting today to be another unhealthy air quality day in parts of New England,” said Curt Spalding, Administrator of EPA’s New England office. “On ...
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Poor air quality predicted for southern and eastern New England for Wednesday and Thursday
Unhealthy air quality is predicted for most of Connecticut, all Rhode Island, southeastern and central into northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire, and coastal Maine on Wednesday, Sept. 1 due to ground-level ozone. Unhealthy air quality is expected to continue for these areas into Thursday, Sept. 2. “With more hot weather predicted on Wednesday and Thursday this week, there ...
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Poor air quality predicted for sections of New England for Thursday, July 21, 2011
Unhealthy air quality is predicted for all of Connecticut; central and northeastern Massachusetts, including the cities of Springfield and Worcester; southwestern New Hampshire; and southern coastal Maine due to ground-level ozone. “When we have very hot weather and conditions that result in unhealthy air quality, we ask New England citizens to help reduce emissions to the air,” said ...
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Free Resources Help Protect Health as Summer Smog Season Begins
Early May traditionally marks the beginning of the summer smog season. Free resources available from EPA and state environmental agencies can help people easily find out about local air quality to protect health for themselves and their families. With warmer weather, New England will likely experience higher rates of ground-level ozone and fine particle pollution (when combined, often referred ...
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Free tools to protect health as summer smog season begins
Today is the beginning of Air Quality Awareness Week, a cooperative effort among EPA, state environmental agencies and the National Weather Service to remind the public to protect their health by paying attention to local air quality. With the onset of warmer weather, the EPA urges New Englanders to be aware of the increased risk of ground-level ozone air pollution and fine particle air ...
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Free Tools Available to Protect Health as Summer Smog Season Starts
With the onset of warmer weather, EPA urges New Englanders to be aware of the increased risk of ground-level ozone and fine particle pollution (when combined, often referred to as smog), and take health precautions when smog levels are high. Air quality forecasts are issued daily by the New England state air agencies. In cooperation with the New England states, EPA has set up an “Air ...
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EPA Proposes Smog Standards to Safeguard Americans from Air Pollution
Based on extensive recent scientific evidence about the harmful effects of ground-level ozone, or smog, EPA is proposing to strengthen air quality standards to within a range of 65 to 70 parts per billion (ppb) to better protect Americans’ health and the environment, while taking comment on a level as low as 60 ppb. The Clean Air Act requires EPA to review the standards every five years by ...
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Ozone Standard of 60-70 Parts Per Billion Appropriate to Protect Health, EPA Staff Says
The national air standards for ozone should be revised within the range of 60 parts per billion to 70 ppb, according to a final recommendation prepared by Environmental Protection Agency staff. The recommendation was included in a 597-page final policy assessment, released Aug. 29, which cites scientific data and exposure information that “provide strong support” for revising the ...
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