1. EPA Adjusts a Smog Standard to White House Preference.
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Stokstad, Erik
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SMOG , *OZONE , *ENVIRONMENTAL law , *ENVIRONMENTAL protection , *AIR pollution , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *ENVIRONMENTAL sciences - Abstract
The article reports on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) adjustment of a smog standard to White House preference. The Clean Air Act requires EPA to review the standards for six major pollutants including soot and ozone. Stephen Johnson, the Administrator of the EPA tightened the secondary standard which is intended to protect "human welfare," a broadly defined phrase in the Clean Air Act that includes effects on soil, vegetation, visibility and property. The measurement of the secondary and primary standard for ozone is described.
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- 2008
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