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Toxic Air Pollutants in the Mid-Atlantic States
What's New!
Mid-Atlantic Region Community Air Toxics Programs
Boiler Compliance at Area Sources
Compliance Assistance for New Area Source Rules
There are new regulations to reduce air toxics affecting:
- Metal Fabrication and Finishing Operations (PDF, 2 pp, 147KB)
- Gas Dispensing Facilities (PDF, 2 pp, 125KB)
- Miscellaneous surface coating operations (PDF, 2 pp, 98KB)
- New Internal Combustion (IC) Engines (PDF, 2 pp, 136KB)
- Auto Body Repair (PDF, 2 pp, 98KB)
- Additional Compliance Information for Auto Body Repair
For information on air toxics rules for area sources visit EPA's Area Source Rules and Area Source Standards web pages.
Industry Partnerships challenge locally-based businesses and industry to voluntarily reduce emissions of toxic pollutants in cooperation with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and other interested stakeholders. EPA Region 3 currently has two Industry Partnerships:
For Additional Information on the Mid-Atlantic Community Air Toxics Program, please contact Cathleen Kennedy at (215) 814-2746 or Kennedy.Cathleen@epa.gov
Toxic Air Pollutant Monitoring Sites within the Mid-Atlantic States
Link to 470k map showing locations of air toxics monitors throughout Region 3 states
Frequently Asked Questions
What are toxic air pollutants? ... Where do toxic air pollutants come
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Frequently Asked Questions
About Toxic Air Pollutants
A new air toxics monitoring initiative. Details can be found at the school air web page.
National Air Toxics Assessment
Website
In June 2009, EPA released the results of its 2002 national-scale assessment of air toxics emissions. The purpose of the national-scale assessment is to identify and prioritize air toxics, emission source types and locations which are of greatest potential concern in terms of contributing to population risk. The findings show that much of the U.S. population is exposed to levels of air toxics which result in higher health risks than EPA considers acceptable. The findings of the NATA can be found at the
EPA's National Air Toxics Assessment web page.
Some Air Toxic Inventory Links
- National Emission Inventory Data - US EPA prepares a national emission inventory with input from numerous State and local air agencies
- Great Lakes Regional Air
Toxic Emissions Inventory
- Great Lakes
Regional Air Toxic Emissions Inventory Protocol
Information on Hazardous Air Pollutants and Their Health Effects
- Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants
- Fact sheet for 33 urban hazardous air pollutants (PDF, 1.14 MB, 231 pages, info about PDF)
- ToxFAQs
For more information about air toxics in Region 3, please contact:
Kathleen Anderson (anderson.kathleen@epa.gov) at (215) 814-2173