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Ozone target out of reach in region, EPA chief says

Saturday, May 13, 2006

John C. Kuehner

Plain Dealer Reporter

 

No matter what steps Northeast Ohio takes, the region cannot meet new, stricter federal ground-level ozone standards by 2010, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency director said Friday.

 

Shut down Mittal Steel Co. in Cleveland. Close coal-burning power plants in Avon, Eastlake and Ashtabula. Replace 1 million cars with bikes...

 

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http://www.cleveland.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news/1147509145181800.xml&coll=2

 

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They use ozone as a purifier at water treatment plants...it's a much better alternative to chlorine and can be broken down easily.

  • 1 year later...

Another good reason we need to be pushing for more and better rail & mass transit as a viable option:

 

U.S. EPA proposes stricter ozone standards

Thursday,  June 21, 2007 10:59 AM

By Spencer Hunt

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

A proposal to strengthen health standards for smog would keep central Ohio on a federal list of polluted counties.

 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this morning proposed a 6 percent to 12.5 percent cut in ozone, a key component of smog.

 

That would put Franklin, Delaware, Knox, Licking and Madison counties on a list of 22 counties that would have to reduce smog to meet the 6 percent cut...

 

 

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http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/06/21/ohsmog_web.html

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