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Title of Listing:
EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Publications
Category:
Federal/National - Policies and Guidance
Subcategory:
US Environmental Protection Agency-EPA, All Listings
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Web Site:
http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/publicat.html
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Abstract:

EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) maintains a number of online publications and guidance documents related to air quality issues at its World Wide Web site. Users can click on the title of a document to view the full text of the publication using a standard web browser. Some examples of documents available at the web site include:
          Air Quality Trends Report - trends in the ambient levels of air pollutants during the past ten years.
          Air Toxics Fact Sheets - describe why regulations are necessary (health effects), what industries are affected, and what must be done to comply with the regulations.
          AP-42 (Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors) - the authoritative source of information for estimating emissions of air pollutants from industrial, commercial, and residential sources.
          CHIEF Newsletter - quarterly newsletter to keep the public informed about new emission estimation tools, conferences, and other information relating to emission factors and inventories.
          Emissions Trends Report - annual publication which summarizes long-term trends in emissions of air pollutants and gives in-depth analysis of emissions for the current year.
          Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants - access to 182 separate fact sheets that give detailed information about the effects on human health of substances defined as hazardous. Includes acute and chronic health effects data, physical property data, and environmental fate data such as chemical formula, vapor pressure, and Kow.
          The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act - a brief introduction to help you understand what is in the law and how it may affect you.
          The Pollutant Standards Index - discusses the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI), which provides accurate, timely, and easily understandable information about daily levels of air pollution.
          Regulating Smog and Particle Air Pollution: An Integrated Approach - describes why ozone, particulate matter, and regional haze are a concern to public health and the environment.
          Risk Assessment for Toxic Air Pollutants: A Citizen's Guide - gives an overview of the 4-step risk assessment process.
Topics
Air Emissions/Pollution/CAA, Fate and Transport

Additional Topics/Tags/Keywords
Air Quality, Emissions, Hazardous Pollutants, Environmental Fate, Health Effects

Organization:
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS)
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Phone:
DescriptionNumber
City:
Research Triangle Park
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Primary (919) 541-5616
State/Province/Territory:
NC
2.
Zip/Postal Code:
27711
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Country:
United States
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Fax:(919) 541-2464
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