the entire directory only in Environmental_Protection_Agency/Office_of_Air_and_Radiation

See also:

• News: Weather: Air Quality (1)
• Science: Earth Sciences: Atmospheric Sciences: Atmospheric Chemistry (62)
• Science: Environment: Air Quality (671)
• Science: Environment: Climate Change (219)

• Office of Air and Radiation - Deals with issues that affect the quality of our air. OAR develops national programs, technical policies, and regulations for air pollution control. Areas of concern to OAR include: indoor and outdoor air quality, stationary and mobile sources of air pollution, radon, radiation protection, acid rain, stratospheric ozone depletion, and pollution prevention.
• Acid Rain Program - Working to significantly reduce electric utilities' emissions of the pollutants responsible for acid deposition. Includes a system of tradable SO2 emissions allowances: a landmark use of market incentives in environmental protection.
• AirData - Provides access to annual summaries of ambient air monitoring data and air pollutant emissions estimates.
• Clean Air Act Advisory Committee - Senior-level policy committee established in 1990 to advise the U.S. EPA on issues related to implementing the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
• Clean Air Interstate Rule - Information on CAIR including regulatory and emission information.
• EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality - Air pollution from motor vehicles, fuels, and nonroad equipment. Formerly Office of Mobile Sources.
• EPA Radiation Protection Division Home Page - Provides detailed information to the various EPA programs associated with radiation protection activities.
• Indoor Air - Secondhand Smoke - Information on secondhand smoke.
• Indoor Air Quality - The Indoor Environments Division (IED) coordinates research and develops and implements policies regarding the impact of indoor air pollutants on the general public.
• MTBE Blue Ribbon Panel - Blue Ribbon Panel for reviewing the use of MTBE and other oxygenates in gasoline.
• National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory - An environmental laboratory applying advanced methods for measuring environmental radioactivity.
• National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory - Federal Government's principal program to control air pollution from motor vehicles. Primary responsibilities include developing programs to reduce mobile source related air pollution; evaluating emission control technology; testing vehicles, engines, and fuels; and determining compliance with Federal emissions and fuel economy standards.
• Ozone Depletion, Global Programs Division - Information about the science of ozone depletion, regulations in the US designed to protect the ozone layer, and information for the general public.
• State and Local Transportation Resources - Site has emission reduction strategies, national policies, regulations, incentive-based programs, funding sources, calculators, and other types of assistance to help states and local areas achieve their air quality and transportation objectives.
• SunWise School Program - Helps educators raise sun safety awareness for grades K-8.
• U.S. EPA Energy Star Program - Information on manufacturers and retailers for energy-efficient electronics, lighting, transformers, appliances, office equipment, and heating/cooling systems.
• Utility Mercury Reductions Rule - Information on the Mercury Rule including information on the benefits, regulatory actions, and technical information.
• Vehicle Emissions Guide - Ranks vehicles according to the EPA emission standards that the vehicles have been designed to meet throughout their lifetime.

"Office of Air and Radiation" search on:   AOL - Ask - Bing - Gigablast - Google - Lycos - Yahoo - Yippy

Volunteer to edit this category.

Copyright © 2012 Netscape Terms of Use