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Exceedance: - Violation of the pollutant levels permitted by environmental protection standards. [Environmental Protection Agency]
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Isle beaches cleaner than most - 04 Aug 2008 Honolulu Advertiser,The NRDC report incorrectly reports that Po'ipu Beach on Kaua'i had a 47 percent exceedance rate, Okubo said. DOH data show that Po'ipu Beach had a 1
Ozone exceedance leads to bigger violation - Aug 2, 2008 Tulsa World,By DEON HAMPTON World Staff Writer Tulsa's exceedance of the ozone standard on Thursday pushed the area into a violation of the latest EPA air-quality
Report finds fewer beach closings in '07 - Jul 30, 2008 Connecticut Post,County at 30 percent, followed by the Clinton town beach at 22 percent. Jennings Beach in Fairfield had the highest "exceedance" in the area, 10 percent.
Report: South Fla. Beaches Not Too Dirty - Jul 29, 2008 Local10.com,..."Ideally, you do want a 0 percent exceedance," said NRDC spokeswoman Adrianna Quintero. "That's the ultimate goal, because otherwise you are showing some
Kaua‘i beach among most polluted - Jul 29, 2008 Lihue Garden Island,Kaua‘i had the highest exceedance in 2007 with 21 percent, followed by Honolulu with 10 percent, the Big Island with 9 percent and Maui with 5 percent.
Ohio beaches rank high in bacteria levels, study finds - Aug 1, 2008 Press Publications Inc.,Ranked by county, Cuyahoga, with a 28 percent exceedance last year, was the highest followed by Ottawa, 16 percent; Lucas, 14 percent: Lake, 12 percent;
EFSA sets new intake level for aluminium in food - Jul 17, 2008 FoodQualityNews.com,..."Should the use of aluminium containing additives be identified as leading to the exceedance of the TWI, the Commission will amend the authorisations by
Report: Beach quality slipping - Jul 30, 2008 Philadelphia Inquirer,Ocean County's 10% bacteria-exceedance level for 2007 was followed in the report by Monmouth (5%), Atlantic (2%) and Cape May (1%) counties.
Posted By BOB MIHELL, Special to Sault This Week - Jul 29, 2008 Sault This Week,He said that test results for July 21 showed one exceedance of State regulations for phosphorus content. He predicted though that the phosphorus level would
Erris water safe - Jul 15, 2008 Mayo News,The remaining instances of exceedance were significantly lower and much closer to the average readings. The current monitoring programme around the Corrib
Additive no threat to water in 4 SJ towns, state says - Jul 8, 2008 Cherry Hill Courier Post,..."We have no violations for MTBE exceedance currently on the books," Karen Hershey, a spokeswoman for the DEP, said. The money that the oil companies have
Billerica Power-Plant Fight Centers on Water Use - Jul 6, 2008 RedOrbit,...scientists concluded that the plant "will comply with all environmental regulations and is unlikely to cause or contribute to an exceedance of pollution
Annual Report on Air Quality Monitoring in 2006 Published - Nov 20, 2007 Israel Ministry of the Environment,Annual exceedance of the target standard for PM 2.5 in all monitoring stations which measure fine respirable particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers.
Summary of EPA actions to ensure safe drinking water for Utah ... - Nov 29, 2007 Media Newswire (press release),...maximum residual disinfectant levels, nitrate, lead/copper, total coliform bacteria, and had one total coliform maximum contaminant level exceedance.
Sewer Saga - Nov 14, 2007 Tucson Weekly,Given that low standard, county officials argue that even a 1300 percent exceedance actually means an infinitesimal amount of the chemical is released into
Co-Generation plant clears another hurdle - Nov 9, 2007 Beckley Register-Herald (subscription),...“ ... the impact analysis indicates the (Co-Gen plant) would not exceed allowable emission levels, result in objectionable odors or cause an exceedance of
Industry Scan - Nov 28, 2007 Trading Markets (press release),In addition, Honeywell said, the EVXP system provides exceedance monitoring and recording, power margin and automatic power assurance testing,
testing always comes too late - Aug 6, 2007 USA Today..."If there is no exceedance, I take a deep breath and start waiting for next week," said Skip Scanlon, a Virginia Department of Health senior manager who
Tests: Public Landing has too much bacteria - Aug 14, 2007 Ocean Pines Independent,Ocean City and Assateague Island had an average exceedance rate betwe3en a zero and 3 percent, according to the report. An exceedance rate of 51 percent is
State drought cited in decline in beach closures - Aug 9, 2007 Charlotte Sun-Herald,Those beaches include Bayview Park in Escambia County, with a 55-percent exceedance rate, and Cedar Island in Taylor County, with an 89-percent exceedance
Things are just beachy in York - Aug 15, 2007 Foster's Daily Democrat,..."If there has been an exceedance in the past, the resample has come back within acceptable limits," she said, referring to the tests cited by Forbes.
York beaches get "buddy" rating from NRDC - Aug 15, 2007 Portsmouth Herald News,In this year's report, all had less than 10 percent exceedance. Last year the exceedances were 0, 18, 27 and 29 percent. It is also important to keep in
Tests frequently reveal dangerous bacteria levels - Aug 11, 2007 Press & Sun-Bulletin,Measurements at multiple locations along miles of beach at Ocean City, Md., for example, have "exceedance rates" of 0 to 3 percent.
Report raps local beaches - Aug 8, 2007 Gary Post Tribune,..."The number is highly skewed on either side," Whitman said referring to beaches with high and low exceedance levels. "The truth is that's not the way to
Wildfires partly to blame for summertime air quality problems - Aug 7, 2007 Tooele Transcript-Bulletin,Exceedance is reached if levels are over .085 for an eight-hour average. Particulate sampling is done every third day. On July 8, levels of 21.8 moved
MWRD chief explains high E. coli count in lake - Aug 6, 2007 Chicago Daily Southtown,The Chicago Park District policy is to issue a beach closure and swimmability advisories after an exceedance of E. coli bacteria density.
Lead in Ossipee water raises concerns - Jul 27, 2007 Burlington Times News,But any time there is an exceedance, we do take our job very seriously.� The division is working with the town to fix the problem, Leonard adds.
Flood-plain housing okayed - Jul 25, 2007 Manawatu Standard,The area is currently protected from flooding up to a 1 percent AEP (Annual Exceedance Probability). Horizons requires any development of the Te Matai Road
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