Summary of EPA’s Coarse PM NAAQS and Air Monitoring Proposals, 3/4/06
Environmental Defense has prepared a fact sheet summarizing EPA’s proposed air quality standards for coarse particles, and the associated air monitoring requirements.
The fact sheet outlines what EPA is proposing, what the Clean Air Act requires, why standards for coarse PM are important, and what the implications are of EPA’s proposed exclusions and exemptions.
Under the proposal, EPA could exempt a variety of agriculture and mining industries, including: crop production, livestock production, logging, coal mining, hard rock mining, nonmetallic mineral mining, sand and gravel quarrying, and oil and gas production.
The fact sheet identifies specific counties where EPA is proposing to revoke the daily PM10 standard because their population is under 100,000. In addition, the fact sheet identifies areas with high particle concentrations where no monitoring would be required.
A copy of the fact sheet is attached.
Attachments
- Fact Sheet on EPA’s Coarse Particle Proposal
- pmcoarsesummary3406.doc
Environmental Defense Fact Sheet on Coarse Particle Proposal
