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| EPA Envirofacts Data - Air Releases | |
What this map layer shows: The locations of more than 156,000 air emissions sites. |
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By providing scientific research, expert studies, engineering designs, and money to support clean air programs, the EPA assists the States in complying with the Clean Air Act, which requires that each State have a plan for improving air quality in areas that do not meet national air-quality standards. The plan must include an inventory of existing sources of air pollution and an accurate estimate of the amount of pollutants each source emits. Individual States use EPA air emissions information to track the compliance status of point sources with various regulatory programs, to report air emissions estimates for pollutants regulated under the Clean Air Act, and to write State implementation plans for how to improve and maintain air quality. The EPA Envirofacts Data - Air Releases map layer shows locations of more than 156,000 air emissions sites in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as of May, 2005. Descriptive information includes the facility name and identification number. More detailed information on air pollution is available from the EPA AirData page. The EPA National Ambient Air Quality Standards page has information on air quality standards, and definitions of environmental terms can be found in the EPA Terms of Environment. |
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