ALA Urges EPA To Lean On Satellite Data For Setting, Implementing NAAQS

October 30, 2024
The American Lung Association (ALA) in a new report is urging EPA to further integrate satellite data into its approach to setting and implementing federal air quality limits, in order to cover data gaps left by the absence of regulatory ground-based monitors in much of the country, although the satellite data still has some drawbacks. “More than two-thirds of the 3,143 counties and equivalent subdivisions in the U.S. lack regulatory monitors. However, the lack of monitoring does not necessarily mean...


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