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EPA sets public hearing dates on air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide
EPA will hold two public hearings on the agency’s proposal to strengthen the nation’s nitrogen dioxide (NO2) standards. The proposed revisions would establish, for the first time, a one-hour NO2 standard, at a level between 80 and 100 parts per billion (ppb) and would retain the current annual standard of 53 ppb. The proposed changes reflect the latest science on the health effects of exposure to ...
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EPA Hearings Seek Public Input on Stronger Proposed Air Quality Standards
EPA will hold five public hearings to receive comment on the agency's proposed revisions to the national air quality standards for ground level-ozone. In June, EPA proposed to strengthen the standards, recommending a standard within a range of 0.070 to 0.075 parts per million (ppm). The current standard is 0.08 ppm. The hearings will be held on Aug. 30 and Sept. 5 from 9 a.m.-9 p.m., or ...
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EPA to hold public hearings on air quality standards for smog
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold three public hearings on the proposal to strengthen the nation’s air quality standards for ground-level ozone, also called smog. Exposure to smog is linked to a number of serious health problems, ranging from aggravation of asthma to increased risk of premature death in people with heart or lung disease. The agency is proposing to set the ...
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EPA to hold public hearing on air quality standards for sulfur dioxide
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on the agency’s proposal to strengthen the nation’s sulfur dioxide (SO2) standards. Exposure to SO2 can aggravate asthma, cause respiratory difficulties, and result in emergency room visits and hospitalization. People with asthma, children, and the elderly are especially vulnerable to SO2’s effects. EPA is taking ...
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EPA proposes stronger air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide
For the first time in more than 35 years, EPA has proposed to strengthen the nation’s nitrogen dioxide (NO2) air quality standard that protects public health. The proposed changes reflect the latest science on the health effects of exposure to NO2, which is formed by emissions from cars, trucks, buses, power plants, and industrial facilities and can lead to respiratory disease. “We’re updating ...
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EPA Actions Will Assure Air Permitting Programs Run Consistently and Smoothly
EPA is revising parts of its permitting process for certain new or modified industrial facilities in areas that do not meet EPA's health-based national air quality standards for ground-level ozone and fine particle pollution. The agency is taking two actions to ensure nationwide consistency as states implement the New Source Review (NSR) air permitting program. In the first action, EPA is ...
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EPA: Belding, Michigan does not meet new air standards for lead
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed approval of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s finding that parts of the City of Belding (Ionia County) do not meet the new national air quality standard for lead based on data from an air monitor there. If designated as nonattainment later this year, Michigan will be required to submit a plan to EPA by June 2013 that ...
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Final EPA Staff Paper Recommends Stronger Standards for Airborne Lead
(Washington, D.C. - Nov. 1, 2007) A key document in EPA's review of national air quality standards for lead recommends the agency strengthen the current lead standards to better protect children. The 'Final Staff Paper' does not change current air quality standards. It does, however, contain EPA staff recommendations for the administrator to consider in upcoming decisions about revising the ...
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EPA strengthens air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a new national air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). This new one-hour standard will protect millions of Americans from peak short-term exposures, which primarily occur near major roads. Short-term exposures to NO2 have been linked to impaired lung function and increased respiratory infections, especially in people with asthma. ...
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Nine Calif. Areas Meet National Air Quality Standard for Smog
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that nine areas in California have met the 1997 national health-based air quality standard for smog, also known as ground-level ozone, within their regulatory deadlines. These areas are: Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Mariposa, Tuolumne, and Ventura counties, as well as portions of Kern, Nevada and Sutter counties. "Reducing smog is a major step ...
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Jackson reinstates EPA staff paper in review of national ambient air quality standards
Administrator Jackson reinstated the staff paper portion of the process for reviewing federal air quality standards, reversing portions of a Bush Administration decision that revised review procedures. EPA is required under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to review every five years the science behind existing National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common air pollutants and to decide ...
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EPA to hold two public hearings on proposed clean air standards for particle pollution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold two public hearings on the proposed updates to the national air quality standards for fine particle pollution (PM2.5). A federal court ruling required EPA to update the standards based on best available science. The proposed updates, which meet that requirement, build on steps already taken by EPA to reduce pollution in communities across ...
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EPA: Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood does not meet new air standard for lead
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed approval of the Illinois EPA’s finding that parts of Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood do not meet the new national air quality standard for lead. The decision is based on data collected from air monitors located in Pilsen. If designated as nonattainment later this year, Illinois will be required to submit a plan to EPA by June 2013 ...
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Science advisors ignored over new US air quality standards, claims NGO
In a move that will begin to protect Americans from dangerous smog but fails to make the nation’s air truly safe to breathe for everyone, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced new standards for the amount of ground-level ozone (or smog) allowed in the air, according to clean air experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The following is a statement from Senior ...
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EPA announces most areas meet air quality standards for lead
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that available air quality information indicates that 39 states are meeting the health-based national air quality standards for lead set in 2008. Based on 2008 to 2010 air quality monitoring data, EPA also determined that Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan and Puerto Rico each have one area that does not meet the agency’s health ...
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Draft Lead Risk Assessment Available for Public Comment
Washington, D.C. – EPA is releasing a second draft risk report as part of the agency’s review of the national air quality standards for lead. Completing and reviewing a risk assessment is part of the extensive scientific and technical process EPA uses to review any national ambient air quality standard. EPA has provided the draft report to the Clean Air Science Advisory Committee (CASAC), a ...
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EPA to Hold Public Hearings in California, Texas and D.C. on Proposed Smog Standards
WHAT: ?Public hearings on proposed updates to national air quality standards for ozone WHEN: ?Jan. 29 and Feb. 2, 2015. Each hearing will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 7:30 p.m. local time WHERE: Jan. 29: Arlington, Texas Arlington City Hall 101 W. Abram Street Arlington, Texas, 76010 Jan. 29: Washington U.S. EPA William Jefferson Clinton East building, Room 1153 1301 Constitution ...
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EPA identifies areas in Iowa and Kansas that would not meet tighter lead air standards
Today, EPA is announcing areas in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and Saline County, Kan., that would not meet tighter lead air standards. The state environmental agencies in Iowa and Kansas have been working with facilities to reduce lead emissions through implementation of emission controls. The states will be required to develop and implement plans to meet air quality lead standards by December ...
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EPA proposes stronger air quality standards for sulfur dioxide
For the first time in nearly 40 years, EPA is proposing to strengthen the nation’s sulfur dioxide (SO2) air quality standard to protect public health. Power plants and other industrial facilities emit SO2 directly into the air. Exposure to SO2 can aggravate asthma, cause respiratory difficulties, and result in emergency room visits and hospitalization. People with asthma, children, and the ...
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Court sides with EPA on not setting new standard
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency was justified in not establishing a new air quality standard for acid rain. The EPA decided in 2012 after a lengthy rulemaking proceeding that it needed further scientific study before it could set a new air quality standard for oxides of nitrogen and oxides of sulfur. Environmental groups claimed that EPA's ...
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