air toxics News
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EPA releases third national assessment of toxic air pollutants
EPA has released the latest version of a state-of-the-science tool that estimates health risks from breathing air toxics in the United States. The National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA), based on 2002 air emissions data, helps federal, state, local and tribal governments identify areas and specific pollutants for further evaluation to better understand risks they may pose. Air toxics are of ...
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EPA releases third national assessment of toxic air pollutants
EPA has released the latest version of a state-of-the-science tool that estimates health risks from breathing air toxics in the United States. The National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA), based on 2002 air emissions data, helps federal, state, local and tribal governments identify areas and specific pollutants for further evaluation to better understand risks they may pose. Air toxics are of ...
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EPA updates national air toxics assessment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the fourth update of a computer tool that helps federal, state, local governments and other stakeholders better understand the potential health risks from exposure to air toxics. The National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) contains 2005 emissions data submitted primarily from the states for 178 pollutants. Models are used to make broad ...
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EPA releases final reports on air toxics near Four Western Pennsylvania Schools
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made available today two final reports on monitoring of outdoor air toxics around four western Pennsylvania schools: one report for Sto-Rox Elementary and Middle schools in McKees Rocks in Allegheny County, and a second report for Clairton Educational Center in Clairton and South Allegheny Middle/High School in McKeesport. Both reports are posted on the ...
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EPA awards $50,000 to two Colorado organizations for environmental justice efforts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it awarded more than $1 million in grants to 46 non-profit and tribal organizations working to address environmental justice issues nationwide. Groundwork Denver, Inc. and the Better Pueblo Environmental Justice Project are two Colorado nonprofits receiving about $25,000 each. “Community-based action and participation in ...
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Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida Lead List of
Residents of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida live in states with the most toxic air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The study used publicly-available data in the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The analysis, entitled "Toxic Power: How Power Plants Contaminate Our Air and States" ...
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Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania Have Worst Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants
Residents of Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania are exposed to more toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants than in any other state, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). At the same time, the report found a 19 percent decrease in all air toxics emitted from power plants in 2010, the most recent data available, compared to 2009 levels. The welcomed drop, ...
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Citizen Monitoring Motivates Companies To Purchase Advanced Equipment, EPA Says
Citizens who monitor emissions of industrial facilities are driving companies toward purchasing their own advanced emissions monitoring equipment, Cynthia Giles, EPA assistant administrator for enforcement and compliance assurance, said June 5. This may lead to more complete and accurate emissions calculations and help the facilities address future or unknown existing violations, Giles said at ...
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EPA releases air quality model to study harmful air pollution / model will help scientists protect public health
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new version of its Community Multi-scale Air Quality model (CMAQ) that uses up-to-the minute meteorology and air chemistry data to determine how weather conditions affect pollution, and how pollution can affect and change weather. Version 5.0 of CMAQ allows scientists to analyze air quality at smaller, finer-resolution settings for ...
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Lakewood, Washington coatings manufacturer fined $14,500 for chemical reporting violations (WA)
Specialty Products, Inc. has agreed to pay a $14,500 penalty for violations of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act at its Lakewood, Washington facility. The company has settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failure to report its use of toxic diisocyanates to the Toxics Release Inventory. Specialty Products, Inc. manufactures protective coatings for a ...
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EPA admits error in proposed mercury MACT rule
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has acknowledged in a letter to non-profit power trade organization Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG) that it made a conversion error in the way mercury emissions data was calculated to set limits for the agency’s mercury maximum achievable control technology (MACT) floor in the proposed Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule. EPA ...
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EPA grants clean air act petition to improve air quality in New Jersey/action protects public health and cuts harmful emissions from pennsylvania power plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today granted a petition submitted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to limit sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from a Pennsylvania power plant that are adversely impacting air quality in Warren, Sussex, Morris and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. This is the first single-source petition the agency has granted and it will require ...
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U.S. Senate Panel Rakes EPA Chief Over the Coals
By J.R. Pegg WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson rejected allegations Tuesday that his agency has relaxed environmental safeguards and favored corporate interests over those of the public. Johnson told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that the Bush administration is 'accelerating the pace of environmental protection,' but ...
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EIP `Toxic 10` Report: Power Plants Emitting Most Mercury Account For Nearly a Fifth of All Such Pollution
Even though mercury and other hazardous air pollution from U.S. power plants are declining, the progress at the coal-fired power plants are uneven, leaving in place a significant remaining risk to the health of the public and environment, according to a new report by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP). Coal-burning power plants release millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into the air ...
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EPA`s 2012 Toxics Release Inventory Shows Air Pollutants Continue to Decline
Total releases of toxic chemicals decreased 12 percent from 2011-2012, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report released today. The decrease includes an eight percent decline in total toxic air releases, primarily due to reductions in hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. “People deserve to know what toxic chemicals ...
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EPA’s 2011 Toxics Release Inventory Shows Increase in Great Lakes Basin Pollution
Toxic releases into surface waters in the Great Lakes Basin increased by 12 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s annual Toxics Release Inventory report published today. Nationwide, toxic surface water discharges decreased by 3 percent. “This is a significant increase in toxic releases to our waters – and an indication that the Great ...
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EPA’s 2011 Toxics Release Inventory Shows Air Pollutants Continue to Decline
Total toxic air releases in 2011 declined 8 percent from 2010, mostly because of decreases in hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions, even while total releases of toxic chemicals increased for the second year in a row, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report published today. The annual TRI provides citizens with vital information ...
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EPA Selects Three Universities to Help Find New Uses for Toxics Data
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today its selection of academic partners for the 2015 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) University Challenge, a project designed to increase public awareness and use of data on industrial releases of toxic chemicals in communities. This year’s academic partners are the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Indiana University-Purdue ...
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EPA Selects University of North Carolina at Charlotte to Help Find New Uses for Toxics Data
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today its selection of academic partners for the 2015 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) University Challenge, a project designed to increase public awareness and use of data on industrial releases of toxic chemicals in communities. A proposal from faculty at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte was among just three selected ...
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EPA Announces University Challenge to Find Innovative Uses for Toxics Data
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today launched the TRI University Challenge, a new initiative designed to use academic partnerships to find innovative uses for Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data. TRI gives all Americans access to information about toxic chemicals in the environment as a tool to better protect health and the environment. “For more than 20 years, individuals, ...
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