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Air Quality Resources

History

Guidance

  • Clean Air Act: Congress designed the Clean Air Act to combat a variety of air pollution problems, and to tackle emerging pollution threats
  • Air Research: Provides a multitude of tools regarding the research required to develop and implement the Clean Air Act regulations
  • U.S. EPA Greenbook: Provides detailed information about designations, classifications, and nonattainment status
  • State Implementation Plans (SIP) Requirements: Provides details on the requirements to attain and maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

Air Pollutants

  • Criteria Air Pollutants: The Clean Air Act requires U.S. EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common air pollutants (also known as "criteria air pollutants")
    • Ground-Level Ozone: Discusses “good” and “bad” ozone and how it can trigger a variety of health problems
    • Particulate (PM) Matter: Discusses what is particulate matter, how it gets into the air, and the effects it can have on human health and the environment
    • Carbon Monoxide (outdoor air): Discusses what is carbon monoxide, how it occurs in outdoor air, and the effects it can have on human health and the environment
    • Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Pollution: Discusses what sulfur dioxide is, how it gets into the air, and the effects it can have on human health and the environment
    • Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Pollution: Discusses what sulfur dioxide is, how it gets into the air, and the effects it can have on human health and the environment
    • Lead Air Pollution: Discusses how lead gets into the air and effects to human health and the environment
  • Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions: Discusses what greenhouse gas emissions are, how it gets into the air, and the effects it can have on human health and the environment
  • Hazardous Air Pollutants: Are pollutants known to cause cancer and other serious health impacts learn more about what hazardous air pollutions are and their effects
  • Urban Air Toxics: Discusses what urban air toxics are, how it gets into the air, and the effects it can have on human health and the environment

Air Quality Index

Buildings and Indoor Air

Communities and Municipalities

Environmentally Safe Cleaning Products

Indiana

  • Green Fleet Radio: Interviews guests weekly to discuss topics pertaining to promoting sustainable transportation and clean energy options in northwest Indiana
  • Clean Air Car Check: Provides information to northwest Indiana residents regarding emission testing
  • Knozone: Through education, resources, and guidance for acting, Knozone works with residents, schools, and businesses to improve central Indiana’s air quality

Landscaping

Parking Lots

  • Heat Islands: Areas that experience higher temperatures than other areas (i.e., parking lots and roads) that re-emit the sun’s heat than more natural landscapes thus requiring an increased demand for air conditioning at nearby structures.
  • Green Parking Lot Resource Guide : Describes the impact of parking lots and provides resources on the environmental benefits and cost effectiveness of green parking lots.
  • Invisible Structures: Products can provide multiple benefits including mitigating heat islands

Personal Care

  • Shaklee: For environmentally friendly nutritional, personal, and home care products

Power and Energy

Public Transportation, Carpools, and Trails

  • Greenways and Blueways Map [PDF]: A map of Lake, Porter, and LaPorte County’s greenways and blueways
  • Northwest Indiana ADA Transit Map: A map of northwest Indiana’s available transit systems
  • South Shore Line– The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) operates the South Shore Line train with service from Millennium Station in Chicago to the South Bend International Airport in South Bend, Indiana

Recycling

  • Earth911: Provides directions on where to recycle automotive waste (i.e., antifreeze, used oil, filters) as well as other household, construction, and industrial items

Stationary Sources (Industry)

  • Stationary Sources: Sources for regulations, guidance, and technical resources
  • Sector Groups: Lists the stationary sources into sector orientated categories and provides tables to specific stationary source emissions requirements

Tribes

Vehicles

  • Green Vehicle Guide: Aids in finding information on vehicles that are more efficient and less polluting
  • Drive Clean Indiana: The organizations support the nation’s energy and economic security by building partnerships to advance affordable domestic transportation fuels, energy efficient mobility systems and other fuel-saving technologies and practices
  • Alternative Fueling Station Locator: Maps public alternative fueling stations
  • Alternative Fuels: Discusses more than a dozen alternative fuels and vehicle options available
  • Plug Share: Maps electric vehicle charging locations
  • Biodiesel: Map of biodiesel retailers
  • Better Business Bureau: A tool to help find local maintenance repair shops
  • It All Adds Up to Clean Air: A public education and partnership-building initiative developed by several federal agencies for the purpose of informing the public about the impact of their transportation choices on traffic congestion and air quality

Webinars and Presentations

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