Author: United States. National Air Pollution Control Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Air Quality Management in the United States
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309167868
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Managing the nation's air quality is a complex undertaking, involving tens of thousands of people in regulating thousands of pollution sources. The authors identify what has worked and what has not, and they offer wide-ranging recommendations for setting future priorities, making difficult choices, and increasing innovation. This new book explores how to better integrate scientific advances and new technologies into the air quality management system. The volume reviews the three-decade history of governmental efforts toward cleaner air, discussing how air quality standards are set and results measured, the design and implementation of control strategies, regulatory processes and procedures, special issues with mobile pollution sources, and more. The book looks at efforts to spur social and behavioral changes that affect air quality, the effectiveness of market-based instruments for air quality regulation, and many other aspects of the issue. Rich in technical detail, this book will be of interest to all those engaged in air quality management: scientists, engineers, industrial managers, law makers, regulators, health officials, clean-air advocates, and concerned citizens.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309167868
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Managing the nation's air quality is a complex undertaking, involving tens of thousands of people in regulating thousands of pollution sources. The authors identify what has worked and what has not, and they offer wide-ranging recommendations for setting future priorities, making difficult choices, and increasing innovation. This new book explores how to better integrate scientific advances and new technologies into the air quality management system. The volume reviews the three-decade history of governmental efforts toward cleaner air, discussing how air quality standards are set and results measured, the design and implementation of control strategies, regulatory processes and procedures, special issues with mobile pollution sources, and more. The book looks at efforts to spur social and behavioral changes that affect air quality, the effectiveness of market-based instruments for air quality regulation, and many other aspects of the issue. Rich in technical detail, this book will be of interest to all those engaged in air quality management: scientists, engineers, industrial managers, law makers, regulators, health officials, clean-air advocates, and concerned citizens.
The Ongoing Challenge of Managing Carbon Monoxide Pollution in Fairbanks, Alaska
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309182751
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic air pollutant produced largely from vehicle emissions. Breathing CO at high concentrations leads to reduced oxygen transport by hemoglobin, which has health effects that include impaired reaction timing, headaches, lightheadedness, nausea, vomiting, weakness, clouding of consciousness, coma, and, at high enough concentrations and long enough exposure, death. In recognition of those health effects, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as directed by the Clean Air Act, established the health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for CO in 1971. Most areas that were previously designated as "nonattainment" areas have come into compliance with the NAAQS for CO, but some locations still have difficulty in attaining the CO standards. Those locations tend to have topographical or meteorological characteristics that exacerbate pollution. In view of the challenges posed for some areas to attain compliance with the NAAQS for CO, congress asked the National Research Council to investigate the problem of CO in areas with meteorological and topographical problems. This interim report deals specifically with Fairbanks, Alaska. Fairbanks was chosen as a case study because its meteorological and topographical characteristics make it susceptible to severe winter inversions that trap CO and other pollutants at ground level.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309182751
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic air pollutant produced largely from vehicle emissions. Breathing CO at high concentrations leads to reduced oxygen transport by hemoglobin, which has health effects that include impaired reaction timing, headaches, lightheadedness, nausea, vomiting, weakness, clouding of consciousness, coma, and, at high enough concentrations and long enough exposure, death. In recognition of those health effects, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as directed by the Clean Air Act, established the health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for CO in 1971. Most areas that were previously designated as "nonattainment" areas have come into compliance with the NAAQS for CO, but some locations still have difficulty in attaining the CO standards. Those locations tend to have topographical or meteorological characteristics that exacerbate pollution. In view of the challenges posed for some areas to attain compliance with the NAAQS for CO, congress asked the National Research Council to investigate the problem of CO in areas with meteorological and topographical problems. This interim report deals specifically with Fairbanks, Alaska. Fairbanks was chosen as a case study because its meteorological and topographical characteristics make it susceptible to severe winter inversions that trap CO and other pollutants at ground level.
Control Techniques for Carbon Monoxide Emissions from Stationary Sources
Author: United States. National Air Pollution Control Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Control Techniques for Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Oxide, and Hydrocarbon Emissions from Mobile Sources
Author: United States. National Air Pollution Control Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Lessons from the Clean Air Act
Author: Ann Carlson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108421520
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Examines the successes and failures of the Clean Air Act in order to lay a foundation for future energy policy.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108421520
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Examines the successes and failures of the Clean Air Act in order to lay a foundation for future energy policy.
Control Techniques for Particulate Emissions from Stationary Sources
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aerosols
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aerosols
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) why and how they are controlled
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428902805
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428902805
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Control Techniques for Particulate Air Pollutants
Author: United States. National Air Pollution Control Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Control Techniques for Hydrocarbon and Organic Solvent Emissions from Stationary Sources
Author: United States. National Air Pollution Control Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Control techniques for volatile organic emissions from stationary sources
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Emission Standards and Engineering Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description