Dr. Rose Marie Robertson, Chief Scientific Officer of the American Heart Association (AHA) presented testimony before the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee on EPA’s second draft Staff Paper on PM on behalf of AHA and the American Stroke Association (ASA) supporting more stringent National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM2.5.
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Deborah Shprentz, Consultant to the American Lung Association, testified at the April 6, 2005 meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) on the need to strengthen the air quality standards for particulate matter.
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The American Lung Association, Environmental Defense (ED), and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have filed written comments on EPA’s second draft Staff Paper supporting more stringent air quality standards for particulate matter.
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One hundred leading air pollution scientists have sent a letter to the EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) endorsing more stringent air quality standards for fine particles.
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In testimony for the California Air Quality Advisory Committee (AQAC) on January 12, 2005, the American Lung Association urged the committee to fully endorse the recommendations of a staff report to establish a new 8-hour average air quality standard for ozone.
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“CASAC and EPA should preserve and strengthen the policy options that have been laid out in the draft Staff Paper,” testified Deborah Shprentz, consultant to the American Lung Association, at the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee meeting to review the first draft EPA Staff Paper on Particulate Matter on November 12, 2003.

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The American Lung Association has filed a formal objection to EPA’s dropping of several key tables from the fifth draft of the Integrative Synthesis of the PM Criteria Document.
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Health and environmental groups in California have signalled their strong suppport for proposed revisions to California’s ambient air quality standards for ozone.
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Dr. Bonnie New, Health Professionals for Clean Air, a coalition of 63 doctors, nurses, researchers and other Texas health professionals, presented a statement at he July 20-21, 2004 Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) meeting to review the sixth draft Criteria Document on Particulate Matter.
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At the November 12, 2003 meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) to review the draft EPA Staff Paper on particulate matter, the Clean Air Task Force and the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League called for CASAC to recommend stronger air quality standards without further delay.
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