EPA Adjusts Pollutant Monitoring Requirements
To help EPA, states, tribes, and local air quality agencies better protect and inform the public about air quality in their communities, EPA has changed
To help EPA, states, tribes, and local air quality agencies better protect and inform the public about air quality in their communities, EPA has changed its national air quality monitoring regulations as part of a strategy to update technology and keep pace with more advanced approaches to air quality management. Reflecting extensive independent scientific review and public input, the rule will change the locations of some types of monitors, add new monitors for some pollutants, and allow states and tribes to shut down unneeded monitors for some pollutants. The rule also will add more monitors capable of providing real-time measurements for some pollutants.
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