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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 hearing on air quality standards for carbon monoxide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing Feb. 28 on the agency’s proposal to retain the nation’s air quality standards for carbon monoxide (CO) and to take steps to gather additional data through more focused monitoring. The science shows that the current standards will protect people, especially those susceptible to health problems associated with ...
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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 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 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 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 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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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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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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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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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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MEP China Releases Air Quality of Key Regions and 74 Cities in July
MEP official recently released air quality of key regions and 74 cities in July 2013, which included Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Province, the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, municipalities, provincial capital cities and cities separately listed on the state plan. Monitoring results showed, in July, days with up-to-standard air quality in the 74 cities accounted for 12.9%-100%, averaging ...
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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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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 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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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 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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San Diego County Meets National Air Quality Standard for Smog
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that San Diego County has met the 1997 national health-based air quality standard for smog, also known as ground-level ozone. In addition, EPA has approved the state’s plan to maintain clean air standards for the more than three million residents of the San Diego area. “This is a victory for San Diego County residents, who are now ...
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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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St. Louis metro area in violation of federal air quality standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officially notified the state of Missouri today that areas of the St. Louis metropolitan area in Missouri do not meet the Agency's daily standard for fine particle pollution, also known as fine particulate matter, or PM 2.5. Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles and St. Louis counties, along with the city of St. Louis, are included in EPA's designation for ...
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