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Air Quality Standards
Air Quality Standards: - The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that are not be exceeded during a given time in a defined area. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Air Quality Standards:: |
Southern Daily Echo,...the warning and instead pledged the development would only go ahead on the condition that national air quality standards were achieved and maintained.
DS Waters fined for dirty trucks in California - 04 Aug 2008
FoodBev.com,A trucking company and a bottled water maker, DS Waters, recently agreed to pay thousands of dollars for violating air quality standards in California.
FACTBOX-China's air pollution standards - Jul 30, 2008
ReutersBelow find details of major problems with its air quality standards, and how its safety levels match up to international guidelines and those of other major
Air quality standards tougher - Aug 1, 2008
StandardNet,The group Utah Moms for Clean Air says it’s not better enough and wants to see even more stringent air quality standards.
County should embrace air quality standards - Jul 29, 2008
Christian County Headliner News,...the Environmental Protection Agency recently strengthened its air quality standards and the county will be forced to meet those standards in five years.
Ozone exceedance leads to bigger violation - Aug 2, 2008
Tulsa World,World Staff Writer Tulsa's exceedance of the ozone standard on Thursday pushed the area into a violation of the latest EPA air-quality standards.
Air Quality Top Concern in Flooded UI Buildings - Jul 30, 2008
KCRG,The University emphasized the need to make sure air quality standards are up to code in flood-ridden buildings so that students will be breathing in healthy
Longview may face sanctions over new air quality standards - Jul 25, 2008
News-Journal.com,By MAGGIE SOUZA The Longview area could be classified as a nonattainment area — one in violation of federal air quality standards — state officials said in
County sets record for poor air quality days - Jul 29, 2008
The Union of Grass Valley,BY Pat Butler Western Nevada county has exceeded federal air quality standards a record 28 times this year, mostly in the five weeks since lightning strikes
Hazy outlook - Aug 2, 2008
Dallas Morning News,...southern suburbs, as well as steel mills, petrochemical plants and coal-fired power plants that fail to meet air-quality standards will be shut down.
Californians driving less hasn't cleared air - Aug 1, 2008
Press-Enterprise,...of bad air days is expected to increase by about 30 percent because of changes in US Environmental Protection Agency air-quality standards, Atwood said.
EPA Announces Federal Rule Change for Idaho's Air Quality ... - Aug 1, 2008
Media Newswire (press release),...*A SIP is a set of air quality rules that identify how a state will meet the national ambient air quality standards. Revisions to the SIP are submitted to
Air quality hits 'red' zone - Jul 29, 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution,On Monday, the region violated the federal air quality standards for both ground-level ozone and fine particles, or soot. Forecasters issued an orange alert
Nobody jumps at offer of money to pay for cleaner wood stoves ... - Aug 2, 2008
The Columbian,If the region fails to meet air-quality standards for two more years, it violates the Clean Air Act. And if poor air quality itself doesn’t bother you
Air quality standards have gotten nowhere under Clear Skies - Jul 20, 2008
The News Journal,The Bush administration has turned out to be a dead end for air pollution improvements. Six years after the president announced his Clear Skies program to
More air quality flags could be flown - Jul 31, 2008
News 14 Carolina,In March, the EPA revised the air quality standards for the first time in 10 years and health officials say it's very important for everyone to know what
NM accuses Helena Chemical of 11 violations - Jul 31, 2008
Forbes,...alleges such violations as allowing emissions to escape from the plant, neglecting to do testing and monitoring to make sure air quality standards are
ARB cites DS Waters $74250 for air quality violations - Jul 30, 2008
YubaNet,The ARB oversees all air pollution control efforts in California to attain and maintain health based air quality standards. In the interest of fostering
NEWS ALERT: Air quality warning today - Jul 31, 2008
Cohasset Mariner,EPA’s own Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee says that EPA’s air quality standards are not strict enough. The air quality that is rated “moderate� is
A month before the Olympics, Beijing still failing air-quality test - Jul 10, 2008
Christian Science Monitor,...for the 2008 Olympics, the BBC has found that the city still fails to meet international air-quality standards set by the World Health Organization.
EPA Extends Public Comment Period on the Proposed Lead Air Quality ... - Jul 17, 2008
NewsBlaze,EPA is extending the deadline for public comments on the proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standards for lead from July 18, 2008, to Aug. 4, 2008.
Beijing Still Failing Air Quality Standards According to Report - Jul 8, 2008
TransWorldNews (press release),According to a BBC report Beijing has fallen short of maintaining air quality standards that have been set by the World Health Organization.
China chastises Bush for dissident meeting - Aug 1, 2008
Seattle Times,For four consecutive days, Beijing's gray, stifling skies failed to meet China's national air-quality standards, which are more lenient than those in the
Green groups slam BLM on air quality - Jul 29, 2008
Jackson Hole Daily,...“The BLM states unequivocally in the [plan] that it currently is and will be in violation of a number of air-quality standards and limits, including the
Lawsuit brings into the open TVA's role as polluter - Aug 2, 2008
The Tennessean,The area barely met the old air quality standards and must work to meet the new ones. One of TVA's computer-generated maps showed a blanket of pollution
Helena Chemical Company Hit With $279000 Fine - Jul 31, 2008
RedOrbit,Helena officials can request a settlement hearing from the department. to make sure air quality standards are met and failing to maintain records of plant
The air out there: EPA should maintain air-quality standard in parks - Jul 7, 2008
Salt Lake Tribune,And if a federal proposal to relax air-quality standards is implemented, those scenic views could be further threatened. That must not happen,
Our View: 3 strikes, you're out, Valley. It's time to address our ... - Jul 30, 2008
IdahoStatesman.com,Now that the Valley has exceeded the federal government's air quality standards, we can either clean our air on our terms - or on the feds' terms.
Your kitchen cabinets might even be edible soon - Aug 2, 2008
Vancouver Sun,Motivated by green building-rating systems such as LEED, growing consumer demand and, more recently, new air quality standards in California,
Congress stalled in efforts to revive a clean air rule - Jul 30, 2008
Medill Reports,Under the rule’s regional framework, pollution from upwind states could still affect the ability of downwind states to reach national air quality standards.
Helena Chemical fined $279000 by state environment department (1 ... - Jul 30, 2008
Las Cruces Sun-News,...neglecting to conduct testing and monitoring to make sure air quality standards were met and failing to maintain records of plant operations.
Can air quality damage athletes? - Jul 14, 2008
BBC News,BBC tests suggest the level of pollution in Beijing is currently well outside international air quality standards. It has been reported that the
Coalbed report due in few months - Jul 31, 2008
Billings Gazette,The air quality study also showed that pollution from sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and dust would not exceed national or state air quality standards.
Suit prevents new polluting power plants in low-income neighborhoods - Jul 30, 2008
Environmental Expert (press release),...ensuring the South Coast Air Basin progresses toward federal air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. AQMD is trying to create air credits from
State sets emission rules for ships - Jul 25, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,This month, President Bush signed the Maritime Pollution Prevention Act, a bill that implements the air-quality standards being crafted by an international
White House reverses experts on Yellowstone policy Avalanche ... - Aug 2, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,For example, the administration rejected scientific advice in loosening air quality standards for ground-level ozone and soot, and ignored advice to control
Judge orders dairy to curb odor - Aug 1, 2008
Grand Forks Herald,...primary source of the odor was the MPCA-required repair of the lagoon but said that does not give the dairy the right to exceed air-quality standards.
EIP: Court Rejection of Bush Air Pollution Rule Will Require Major Fix - Jul 11, 2008
MarketWatchEPA is still toiling away to weaken air quality standards for national parks, and to make it easier for the oldest and dirtiest power plants to increase
NE faces increase in smog warnings - Jul 12, 2008
Boston Globe,A separate EPA computer model shows that Massachusetts would be in compliance with national air quality standards by 2020 if air quality improvements
FISHER ANNOUNCES DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION GRANTS - Jul 29, 2008
ODOD (press release),...available technology to manage emissions and keep the State of Ohio and its many regions in compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
First air alert issued - Jul 18, 2008
2TheAdvocate,That’s changing as stricter federal air quality standards proposed by US Environmental Protection Agency will put most metropolitan areas in the state out
Ethanol opponents air complaints at hearing - Aug 1, 2008
Janesville Gazette,...“We have to make our decisions based on whether the emissions from the plant and concentrations of the plant are compliant with air quality standards,� he
AAP delegates make headway on child health issues at AMA meeting - Aug 1, 2008
AAP News (subscription)Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to support tightening of the primary national air quality standards for lead no higher than 0.20 µg/m3 monthly average.
Ontario continues to call for stricter US smog rules - Jul 30, 2008
Environmental Expert (press release),The EPA has set new ambient air quality standards for ozone of 75 parts per billion (ppb), reduced from the previous level of 80 ppb.
DC Circuit Vacates Clean Air Interstate Rule, Creating Uncertainty ... - Jul 17, 2008
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription),EPA failed to give independent effect to the requirement that states avoid "interfering with the maintenance" of air quality standards in other states.
US EPA, CARB, South Coast and SJV air districts, CalEPA sign joint ... - Jul 9, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),Attaining the health-based air quality standards will require using technologies that produce near-zero emissions but have not yet been developed or
Letter: An alternative to smoking bans - Jul 28, 2008
Cayman Net News,Such air quality standards are common in industrial and environmental contexts. But, to date, no country in the world has set them for smoking areas.
Public meeting on air quality today - Jul 24, 2008
News-Journal.com,The public is invited to a 1 pm meeting today to learn about air quality standards and their regional effects. The meeting will be in the council chambers
Christian County must reduce ozone - Jul 30, 2008
Christian County Headliner News,The Environmental Protection Agency recently increased its national ambient air quality standards for ground level ozone from 80 parts per billion to 75 ppb
DEQ to hold air quality meeting in Pinedale - Jul 23, 2008
Wyoming Business Report,In March, the Environmental Protection Agency revised its air quality standards for ozone from the existing 84 parts per billion (ppb) to 75 ppb.
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