MVCAC August 2009

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Pittsburgh's diesel exhausts
by duane330＠aol.com 24 Aug '09

24 Aug '09

$3.49 MILLION WILL REDUCE DIESEL POLLUTION AND CREATE JOBS IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA EPA announced that Allegheny County, Pa. will receive $3.49 million in Recovery Act funding to help the Pittsburgh area reduce diesel pollution, respiratory illnesses such as asthma, and create jobs. The funds to the Allegheny County Health Department (http://www.achd.net/) will finance four projects to replace and retrofit engines and equipment in four types of diesel fleets used in the area. • Port Authority Transit: $1 million to replace two 1996 buses with 2010 hybrid electric buses and repower nine 2003 buses with engines that meet current emission standards. • Constructors Association of Western Pa.: $929,000 to upgrade 23 pieces of non-road construction equipment so they pollute less. • US Steel Mon Valley Works: Diamond Head Trucking and MultiServ Corp.: $603,000 to install diesel particulate filters on 35 dump trucks operating in and around U.S. Steel Corp.'s Clairton Coke Works. • CSX Transportation: $875,000 to replace a vintage diesel switcher locomotive in the McKeesport rail yard with one that has the latest in pollution-control technology. For information about EPA's clean diesel initiatives, visit: http://www.epa.gov/cleandiesel.

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Comment on EPA standard for NO2.
by Duane330＠aol.com 10 Aug '09

10 Aug '09

EPA IS PROPOSING TO REVISE ITS AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR NITROGEN DIOXIDE EPA is proposing to strengthen the nation's nitrogen dioxide (NO2) standards. The proposed revisions would retain the current annual standard of 53 ppb., reflecting the latest health effects of exposure to NO2 and establish a one-hour NO2 standard at a level between 80 and 100 parts per billion (ppb). NO2 is formed by emissions from cars, trucks, buses, power plants, and industrial facilities, contributes to smoggy, unhealthy air from ozone pollution and to acid rain and particulate pollution. Two hearings took place, one on August 3, in Arlington, Va. and one on August 6 in Los Angeles, Ca. EPA will accept written comments on the proposed rule until Sept. 14 and faces a Jan. 22 judicial consent decree deadline to have the NO2 standard in place. For more detailed information on the proposed rule and instructions for submitting written comments, go to _http://www.epa.gov/air/nitrogenoxides/actions.html_ (http://www.epa.gov/air/nitrogenoxides/actions.html) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NOTE: In addition to direct contributions to our local ozone and acid rain, the nitrogen oxides are interacting with other chemical species to form smog and very fine particulate matter...... this region is in or near "non-attainment" status for very fine particulate matter, i.e. PM-2.5. D.G.N.

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MVCAC August 2009