Lung Association Comments on Third PM Criteria Document, July 10, 2002
On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the establishment of NAAQS for fine particles on July 18, 1997, the American Lung Association® filed comments on EPA’s third external review draft of the Criteria Document for Particulate Mater.
This anniversary is significant because it marks the five-year deadline for completion of a review of the PM NAAQS under the Clean Air Act. With the deadline for the completion of the review upon us, EPA is still more than a year off from a final rule.
“Meanwhile, EPA and the states have not begun the process of implementing control strategies that could prevent the 15,000 premature deaths each year that EPA estimates are associated with PM concentrations above the level of the standards. The American Lung Association considers the control of particulate matter air pollution to be a public health concern of the highest urgency. Each delay in the completion of the standards review process imposes a high cost on those that suffer health effects from breathing particulate air pollution,” state the comments.
The comments are attached.
Attachments
- Lung Association Comments on CD
- cd3comments.doc
July 10, 2002 Comments
