“Criteria” pollutants coined by the EPA, have
shown to have dropped in numbers since the appearance of the 1990 Clean Air Act
amendment. These 6 common air pollutants have been placed under surveillance
and held to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).
With the implementation of the NAAQS the EPA
has the ability to identify areas that have yet to meet the set standards.
Areas such as West Oakland, CA, and Los Angeles California, are areas that do
not meet standards also known as non-attainment areas. Non-attainment areas
must work with the EPA, state, local and tribal air quality planning agencies
to help fix the pollution. This article uses West Oakland, California as an
example of Collaborative accomplishments that the city had implemented in order
to help solve some of the pollution problem.
I am from the Bay Area and I thought it would only
be fitting to take a picture of this area! I took this picture from my house.
Oakland is in the left portion of this picture!
Posted By: Sade Mehdizadeh
Main Article source:
http://www.epa.gov/
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