Air Quality Management in the United States

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Publication Year:2004

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Committee on Air Quality Management in the United States, National Research Council
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The implementation of air quality regulations should be less bureaucratic -- with more emphasis on results than process -- and should be designed to protect ecosystems as well as people. The report recommends that The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...
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Perhaps better than any volume of its kind, this book provides a broad and deep overview of the mechanics and complexities of air quality management (AQM) in the United States.
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Front Matter	i-xxiv
Executive Summary	1-7	(skim)
Summary	8-22	(skim)
1 Introduction	23-44	(skim)
2 Setting Goals and Standards	45-87	(skim)
3 Designing and Implementing Control Strategies Through the SIP Process	88-132	(skim)
4 Implementing Emission Controls on Mobile Sources	133-173	(skim)
5 Implementing Emission Controls on Stationary Sources	174-215	(skim)
6 Measuring the Progress and Assessing the Benefits of AQM	216-267	(skim)
7 Transforming the Nation's AQM System to Meet the Challenges of the Coming Decades	268-316	(skim)
References	317-348	(skim)
Abbreviations	349-354	(skim)
Appendix A: Committee Biosketches	355-362	(skim)
Appendix B: Statement of Task	363-364	(skim)
Appendix C: 188 Hazardous Air Pollutants	365-368	(skim)
Appendix D: Recommendations for Continous Development and Implementation of Measurements to Determine Status and Trends in Ecosystem Exposure and Condition	369-374	(skim)
Index	375-402	(skim)

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The implementation of air quality regulations should be less bureaucratic -- with more emphasis on results than process -- and should be designed to protect ecosystems as well as people. The report recommends that The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) use an approach to target groups of pollutants instead of individual ones and that revised or new regulations also should consider how air pollution travels from state to state and across international borders. In addition, improved tracking of emissions is needed to accurately assess what populations are at the highest risk of health problems from pollution and to better measure the progress of pollution-control strategies.

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Perhaps better than any volume of its kind, this book provides a broad and deep overview of the mechanics and complexities of air quality management (AQM) in the United States.
--Environment

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