Particulate Matter Air Quality Standards : Background and Current Developments.

Reviews particulate matter (PM) air quality standards promulgated by EPA in 1997 but not yet in effect due to a series of legal challenges in Federal circuit courts and the Supreme Court. Discusses history of PM standards, legal challenges to the 1997 standards, health effects of PM, revisions to th...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2002.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Air > Pollution. Circuit courts. Public health. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Reviews particulate matter (PM) air quality standards promulgated by EPA in 1997 but not yet in effect due to a series of legal challenges in Federal circuit courts and the Supreme Court. Discusses history of PM standards, legal challenges to the 1997 standards, health effects of PM, revisions to the 1997 standard, and other recent developments.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.