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Community Guide to Air Permits: The Proof is in the Permit - How to Make Sure a Facility in Your Community Gets an Effective Title V Air Pollution Permit.

The Acid Rain Program and Environmental Justice: Staff Analysis (PDF) (23pp, 382k): This staff paper analyzes the impacts of the Acid Rain Program (ARP) on people of different races, ethnicities, and income levels.

Case study analysis of a national rule (Heavy-Duty Diesel and Non-road Diesel rules) to examine methodology for conducting environmental justice analysis (PDF) (56pp, 1.3 MB): This report discusses the distribution of benefits among subgroups, which result from EPA's Heavy Duty Diesel Rule.

Distributional Analysis of Environmental Benefits Using BenMAP: Revised Draft (PDF). (52pp, 1.1 MB): This analysis focused on the 2006 PM NAAQS and attainment of the revised 15/35 suite of the NAAQS for PM2.5 by the year 2020. The analysis included race, ethnicity and poverty status.

Analysis of Socio-Demographic Factors for Populations Living Near Pb TSP Monitors and Larger Pb Point Sources (PDF) (22pp, 180k) - Lead NAAQS Review Docket (EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735): This memo describes a limited screening-level analysis of the socio-demographic characteristics of populations living near ambient air lead monitors and stationary sources of lead emissions completed as part of the current Pb NAAQS review. The memo describes the technical approach used in the analysis, discusses uncertainties and limitations associated with the analysis, and presents preliminary results.

Analysis of Socio-Economic Factors for Populations Living Near Petroleum Refineries (PDF) (13pp, 225k): This document describes the approach used to evaluate the cancer risks sustained by different social, demographic and economic groups within the populations living near petroleum refineries associated with inhalation exposures to hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emitted by the refineries. It also presents the results of that analysis and contrasts it with the estimated distribution of inhalation cancer risks associated with all sources of HAP in the vicinity of those refineries.

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TribalAir Newsletter: The TribalAir Newsletter is a quarterly newsletter produced by EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards as one of our tools to make Tribal air professionals aware of our air pollution control activities early enough to allow you and your tribe to participate in their development.

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Environmental Health Perspectives: Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news on the impact of the environment on human health. EHP is published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and its content is free online. Print issues are available by paid subscription.

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