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EPA signs more-stringent air quality standard

04/07/2008
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Mar. 12 signed its most stringent standard for ground-level ozone, revising the standards for the first time in more than a decade.As widely anticipated, the new National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) is 0.075 ppm. That compares with the previous standard of 0.08 ppm.EPA said the change was based on the most recent scientific evidence about the effects of ozone, the primary component of smog.The American Petroleum Institute said it was disappointed with the EPA decision.“The uncertainty in the latest science does not support tightening the standards,” API said. “Changing the ozone standards (NAAQS) will not, by itself, imp...
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