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More Lead Monitors Coming to a Facility or City Near You? [1]

The Bush Administration, through the OMB, pressured EPA to water down lead monitoring requirements it had tightened in October 2008. Now EPA may get more or all of the monitors it originally wanted, near facilities that emit about a half ton of lead per year.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Government [7]
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National (U.S.) [8]
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Public [9]
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State, Local Agencies Join Push To Clean Up Air Pollution at Ports [10]

A variety of initiatives aimed at reducing shipping-related emissions are in the works.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about State, Local Agencies Join Push To Clean Up Air Pollution at Ports [10]
EPA To Announce Final Risk Assessment for SO2 [13]

In response to lawsuits, EPA was scheduled to release its proposed rule for a new primary health-based standard by July 30, 2009. That has been postponed once again, and the new court-ordered date for release of the proposed rule is Nov. 16, 2009, with a final rule due by June 2, 2010.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Pollution [6]
Government [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
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Public [9]
- Read more about EPA To Announce Final Risk Assessment for SO2 [13]
EPA: Most US Residents Exposed to Excessive Air Pollution Risk [14]

While it does have limitations, the updated National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment offers risk estimates for each of 180 substances, and three separate combined assessments.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Pollution [6]
People & Population [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about EPA: Most US Residents Exposed to Excessive Air Pollution Risk [14]
North American Toxics Data Released [16]

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, which is a joint effort of Canada, the US, and Mexico, released on June 10, 2009, its annual report tracking and comparing toxic emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Pollution [6]
Region:
Canada [19]
National (U.S.) [8]
Mexico [20]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about North American Toxics Data Released [16]
EPA To Announce Proposed NO2 Standard [21]

After several years of preparatory work, EPA is expected to announce by June 26, 2009, its proposed primary standard for one of the six "criteria" air pollutants, nitrogen dioxide.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Pollution [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about EPA To Announce Proposed NO2 Standard [21]
New EPA Procedure Improves Transparency on Air Standards [22]

The Obama EPA partially reverses a Bush-era procedure for setting health-based standards under the Clean Air Act.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Health [24]
Government [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about New EPA Procedure Improves Transparency on Air Standards [22]
EPA Moves To Cut Shipping Emissions at US Ports [25]

Proposed emission standards in a proposed control area around the US coastline would cut sulfur in fuel by 98 percent, particulate matter emissions by 85 percent, and nitrogen oxide emissions by 80 percent from the current global requirements.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about EPA Moves To Cut Shipping Emissions at US Ports [25]
Lung Association To Release Air Quality Report [26]

The ALA's annual State of the Air report can provide a useful hook for reporting on air quality in your community, but for the big picture, do go beyond the sound-bite information emphasized in the report.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Lung Association To Release Air Quality Report [26]
EPA To Test School Air Quality [27]

Following a December 2008 USA Today investigation into toxic air enveloping US schools, EPA will begin monitoring air quality around 62 schools in 22 states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Journalism & Media [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about EPA To Test School Air Quality [27]

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