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    The U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS, pronounced /ˈnæks/ naks) are limits on atmospheric concentration of six pollutants that cause smog...
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    accordance with the National Environment Protection (Ambient Air Quality) Measure (NEPM) standards. Each state and territory publishes air quality data for individual...
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    important, the National Ambient Air Quality Standards program sets standards for concentrations of certain pollutants in outdoor air, and the National Emissions...
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    in 102 cities that are considered to have air quality worse than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. There are other initiatives such as a 1,600-kilometre-long...
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  • The first Canadian National Ambient Air Quality Objectives were developed in the mid-1970s. These objectives were set for various air pollutants. The NAAQO...
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  • Agency (EPA). The standards, authorized by the Clean Air Act, are for pollutants not covered by the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) that may...
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  • the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to establish basic air pollution control requirements across the U.S. The NAAQS sets standards on six...
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    monitoring of air quality. As an example, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has developed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)...
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  • setting national ambient air quality standards. Section 109(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act instructed the EPA to set "ambient air quality standards the attainment...
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    standards. The first class of standards (such as the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards and E.U. Air Quality Directive) set maximum atmospheric...
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  • Ambient air quality criteria, or standards, are concentrations of pollutants in the air, and typically refer to outdoor air. The criteria are specified...
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    Agency to set technology-based National Ambient Air Quality Standards for major new stationary sources and state air quality management programs to protect...
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    1997 Southeast Asian haze (category Air pollution in Malaysia)
    particulate matter concentrations frequently exceeded national ambient air quality standards. Monthly mean horizontal visibility at most locations in...
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  • – Clean Air Act (Extension). Major rewrite of CAA, setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Hazardous...
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    Mexico (a city whose pollution levels meet the current US National Ambient Air Quality Standards). Children raised in areas of higher pollution were found...
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    industrial facilities are or will be in compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in the United States and other nations. The models...
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  • for compliance purposes for six major pollutants are the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. These are required by law to be reviewed every five years...
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    more broadly through design and fuel standards. Examples of this include corporate average fuel economy standards and laws that ban leaded gasoline in...
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  • warming. The National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate pollutants in the air. The enforcement...
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    environmental law considers the air quality to be worse than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, which are defined in the Clean Air Act Amendments. In 2018...
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    in order to comply with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. In December 2021 EPA issued new greenhouse gas standards for passenger cars and light...
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    organisations and researchers to investigate air quality and the effects of air pollution. Interpretation of ambient air monitoring data often involves a consideration...
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  • ground level and determine whether these values violate National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The Federal Reference Method (FRM) was the original...
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    above National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Pollution for inversions can begin to build-up even when the air is clear. To improve air quality, especially...
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  • California air districts U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dispersion models National Ambient Air Quality Standards—NAAQS National Emissions Standards for...
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    regulations regarding CO2 emissions; and proposed amending the National Ambient Air Quality Standards to set stricter smog pollution limits. In December 2012...
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  • emissions: The 1970 Amendment required EPA to define the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), to be set and updated by the EPA. The NAAQS, at...
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    Union, as well as Norway. Clean Air Act standards. Under the Clean Air Act, the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are developed by the Environmental...
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    "National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter." Final rule. Federal Register, 62 FR 38652; "National Ambient Air Quality Standards for...
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    design standards, equipment standards, management practice, and operational standards or combination of these. Limits on sewage sludge quality allows...
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