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E-M:/ air-mail: Ozone and PM standards announced TODAY
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Enviro-Mich message from asagady@sojourn.com
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Enviro-Mich folks will be interested in this announcement from
Clean Air Network concerning the proposed EPA standards
and the Clinton/Gore decision....
Yesterday, we probably would have had excursions over the
0.08 ppm, 8 hour average for ozone/smog throughout the west side of
Michigan.
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>From: JMardock@nrdc.org (Jayne Mardock)
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>Subject: air-mail: Ozone and PM standards announced TODAY
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> At 2:00 this afternoon, Carol Browner announced that EPA will be
> officially transmitting their recommendation to the White House for
> review. At this point its a rubber stamp approval. At some point,
> the
>
> It is good news.
>
> Now Proposed
New/Final
> Ozone .12/1-hour avg .08/8-hour avg
.08/8-hour avg
> 1 violation/yr 3rd highest concentration
4th highest conc
>
> PM 2.5 nothing 15 annual average
15 annual average
> 50 24 hour average
65 24 hour average
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> PM 10 1 violation/yr 98 percentile
unclear
>
> MESSAGE:
>
> * This is a big step forward for public health and the environment.
> These clean air goals will put us on the right road toward healthier
> air in the 21st Century.
>
> * These standards will improve the lives millions of Americans who
> are most at risk from air pollution - children, the elderly, and
> people with heart and lung disease. This decision will save thousands
> of lives and prevent painful and costly sickness.
>
> * The President, Vice-President and EPA deserve great credit for not
> bowing to political pressure from some of the biggest polluters, and
> for standing up for public health and the environment.
>
> * The Clinton Administration has listened to the thousands of health
> professionals and concerned citizens that spoke in favor of more
> protective air quality standards.
>
> * As we now turn our attention to meeting these new clean air goals,
> we hope there can be a constructive dialogue about the most
> cost-effective and equitable solutions.
>
>
>
> ------------------
>
> At this point we do not have details beyond the numbers, but today is
> the day to celebrate the victory, and as always, the devil is in the
> details, but we will deal with that tomorrow.
>
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