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HERO ID

3838532

Reference Type

Technical Report

Subtype

EPA Report

Title

Integrated review plan for the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter

Author(s)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency :: U.S. EPA

Year

2016

Publisher

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Location

Research Triangle Park, NC

Report Number

EPA-452/R-16-005

Number of Pages

173

Language

English

URL

https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=P100R5VE.txt

Abstract

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a review of the existing air quality criteria for particulate matter (PM) and of the primary (health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for PM. This review will provide an integrative assessment of relevant scientific information on PM and will focus on the basic elements of the PM NAAQS: the indicator, averaging time, form, and level. These elements, which together serve to define each NAAQS, are considered collectively in evaluating the protection to public health and public welfare afforded by the standards. The purpose of this Integrated Review Plan (IRP) is to communicate the plan for reviewing the air quality criteria and the primary and secondary NAAQS for PM.

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