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NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for NAAQS:

Science Assessment On Health Effects Of Nitrogen Oxides Released ...  -  Jul 15, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),EPA set a national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for nitrogen dioxide (NO2), an indicator for gaseous nitrogen oxides, at an annual average of 0.053

Public Hearing to Be Held for Proposal on Air Pollutant  -  Jul 9, 2008
ReadMedia (Press Release),Under the Federal Clean Air Act, EPA has established National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six pollutants: sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide,

Chamber Slams EPA Staffâ€™s Plan for Overregulation  -  Jul 12, 2008
The FINANCIAL,The EPA staff draft sets forth program outlines and technical data ranging from new National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for states and localities

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 Âµg/m3 monthly average.

Ozone safety standards tightened  -  Jul 18, 2008
Waukegan News Sun,She said the US EPA significantly strengthened the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone, the primary component of smog.

Wise County Power Plant Permit Process Leads To Lower Emission ...  -  Jul 10, 2008
Bristol Herald Courier,...â€œThe monitors would really tell us if there were any issues with the NAAQS [National Ambient Air Quality Standards],â€? said Crystal Bazyk, air compliance

Morning Bell: Central Planning Coming on Carbon  -  Jul 9, 2008
Heritage.org,...regulation requirements under both the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) programs.

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An unfirm foundation  -  03 Dec 2007
Fort Worth Star Telegram,Studies have found existing background ozone to be as high as 45 parts per billion (ppb) or even 60 ppb, but the EPA has proposed lowering the NAAQS

New EPA Rules Punish Areas for Ozone Improvement  -  Nov 21, 2007
The Heartland Institute,The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently considering a further tightening of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone,

EPA Official Sets the Record Straight  -  Nov 7, 2007
OMB WatchAs Peacock writes, "when commenting on a NAAQS proposal if you feel the urge to raise the cost of compliance, save your breath."

ACORN v. Asarco  -  Nov 16, 2007
Newspaper Tree,The new EPA lead air standard may be based on monthly averaging which would be more protective and more stringent than the current Lead NAAQS using

Studies Find Diesel Exhaust Associated With Higher Heart Attack ...  -  Nov 7, 2007
Auto SpectatorThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced its 1997 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to educate the public about daily air

Changes In Ozone Affecting Crops  -  Aug 23, 2007
Litchfield County Times,First issued by the federal Environmental Protection Agency in 1971, the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for pollutants including

BP permit hearing canceled  -  Aug 1, 2007
nwitimes.com,..."IDEM has determined that the requested limits will still demonstrate attainment of the PM10 (particulate matter) NAAQS (National Ambient Air Quality

EPA challenges SWEPCO modeling  -  Jul 27, 2007
Hope Star,...â€œPlease verify and update the sources (and the emission rates) that should be included in the Class I/II increment, visibility, and NAAQS (National Ambient

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