Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) Staff Scientist Georgia Murray filed written comments on EPA’s draft Staff Paper that emphasize the need for strong secondary standards to protect against the adverse environmental impacts of fine particles, including visibility impairment and acid deposition.
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Comments filed by the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), representing eight states, and by the California Air Resources Board and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment strongly support strengthened air quality standards for particulate matter.
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Dr. Linnea M. Avallone, Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at University of Colorado, presented a unique analysis of PM2.5 monitoring data at the November 12, 2003 meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee.
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Neil Mac Intrye M.D., Chief Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Director of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation program at Duke University presented testimony on behalf of the American Thoracic Society on the EPA draft Staff Paper on Particulate Matter at the November 12, 2003 meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee.
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“The Fourth External Review Draft of the Criteria Document (CD) is the best yet in terms of comprehensiveness and clarity, and we find it much improved since the previous draft,” testified Deborah Shprentz, consultant to the American Lung Association at the August 25, 2003 meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting to review the document.
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Comments of Bonnie Holmes-Gen
Assistant V.P., Government Relations
American Lung Association of California

Before the California Air Resources Board
June 20, 2002
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California and national health and environmental organizations have weighed in with the California Air Resources Board to urge adoption of the proposed ambient air quality standards for PM10 and PM2.5, and subsequent review of the 24-hour PM2.5 standard.
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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.
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EPA has proposed to develop a quantitative risk analysis for inclusion in the Staff Paper on particulate matter.
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The California Air Quality Advisory Committee (AQAC) met on January 23 and 24, 2002, to consider a draft report prepared by the Air Resources Board (ARB) and the Office of Environmental Health Hazarad Assessment regarding recommended changes to the state ambient air quality standards for particulate matter. The major conclusion from the meeting was that staff report needed to be revised to include a 24-hour standard for PM2.5.
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