http://www.simmonsfirm.com/healthy-lung-month-get-the-facts-about-the-clean-air-act/
This image gives a few facts and statistics about the Clean Air Act that was established in 1970. It describes how industrial production is a major contributor to greenhouse gases, how much air humans need on a daily basis, and the number of people at risk of air pollutants. For more information on the Clean Air Act, please visit www.simmonsfirm.com.
The NAAQS has six "criteria" pollutants along with a set of standards for each one. According to the EPA's website, these six pollutants include: ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and lead. The EPA describes these pollutants as "criteria" pollutants because they regulate the developing human and environmental health-based criteria that regulates acceptable levels. Human health limits are called primary standards, while environmental and property damage are called secondary standards. Each pollutant is monitored by the EPA with two different kinds of air pollutant trends. The first is air concentration based on concentrations of the pollutant in ambient (outside) air recorded at a various locations throughout the United States, and the second is emissions based from estimates of engineering information from the total amount of tons of the specific pollutant that is released into the air every year.
http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/170853/
This image describes the primary and secondary standards for each of the six criteria air pollutants. This is the NAAQS required levels and averaging time for each pollutant and also describes the required amount for each to be considered an attainment area.
| Primary Standards | Secondary Standards | Ohio Attainment Status | ||
| Pollutant | Level | Averaging Time | ||
| Carbon monoxide | 9 ppm (10 mg/m3) | Eight-hour | None | Full Attainment |
| 35 ppm (40 mg/m3) | One-hour | None | Full Attainment | |
| Lead | 0.15 µg/m3 | Rolling three-month Average | Same | Map |
| 1.5 µg/m3 | Quarterly average | Same | Full Attainment | |
| Nitrogen dioxide | 0.053 ppm (100 /m3) | Annual (Arithmetic mean) | Same | Full Attainment |
| 100 ppb | one-hour | None | Full Attainment | |
| Particulate matter (PM10) | 150 µg/m3 | 24-hour | Same | Full Attainment |
| Particulate matter (PM2.5) | 12.0 µg/m3 | 2012 annual (Arithmetic mean) | Same | Map |
| 15.0 µg/m3 | 1997 annual (Arithmetic mean) | Same | Full Attainment | |
| 35 µg/m3 | 24-hour | Same | Full Attainment | |
| Ozone | 0.075 ppm (2008 std) | Eight-hour | Same | Map |
| 0.08 ppm (1997 std) | Eight-hour | Same | Full Attainment | |
| 0.12 ppm | One-hour | Same | Full Attainment | |
| Sulfur dioxide | 75 ppb | One-hour | None | Map |
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc/general/naaqs.aspx
This chart indicates which levels of the criteria pollutants are in full attainment in Ohio and which levels are in non-attainment, along with a map of where each non-attainment area is located throughout the state of Ohio.
In the state of Ohio, the EPA classifieds this state as "full attainment"for most of the state, besides a few areas. Carbon monoxide levels in Ohio have the appropriate levels of 9 ppm per eight hours and 35 ppm for one hour. Lead levels in the state of Ohio have full attainment at 1.5 micro-grams per cubic meter of air for a quarterly average, but the 0.15 micro-grams per cubic meter of air for a rolling three month period have non-attainment areas in Cleveland, Logan County, and Fulton County. For Nitrogen Dioxide, it has full attainment levels for 0.053 ppm annually, and 100 ppb for one hour. Levels of particulate matter at PM10 for 150 micro-grams per cubic meter of air for a 24 hour period is at full attainment and the particulate matter at PM2.5 for 15.0 and 35 micro-grams per cubic meter of air, but the particulate matter at PM 2.5 for 12 micro-grams per cubic meter has non-attainment areas located near Cleveland, OH for the counties of Cuyahoga, OH and Lorain, OH. Ozone levels in Ohio are at full attainment for 0.08 ppm per eight hours and 0.12 ppm per one hour, while ozone levels at 0.075 ppm per eight hours has a non-attainment area in Ohio located in Cleveland/Akron/Lorain (includes the counties of Lorain, Medina, Cuyahoga, Summit, Portage, Geauga, Lake, and Ashtabula), Columbus (includes the counties of Madison, Franklin, Delaware, Knox, Licking, and Fairfield) and Cincinnati area (includes the countries of Butler, Warren, Clinton, Hamilton, Clermont, Campbell, Dearborn, Boone, and Kenton). Sulfur dioxide levels at 75 ppb at one hour have non-attainment areas in Ohio including the counties of Campbell, Clermont, Morgan, Washington, Jefferson, and Lake.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/11/air_pollution_expected_to_be_h.html
This image shows the air pollution across the downtown area of Cleveland, OH. This is known to occur more prominent when temperature inversions trap the air pollution from mobile sources that are closest to the ground.
This image shows the Gavin power plant located in Chestire, OH that is proposed to service about 10,000 homes near Athens, OH. This plant is considered the largest power plant in Ohio that runs on coal power and is owned and operated by AEP (American Electric Power).
The air quality in Ohio is regulated by the NAAQS's six criteria pollutants, but is also monitored by regulatory emissions reports every 15th of April. These reports identify the emission quality and quantity of the previous year. Also, Ohio EPA is regulated by obtaining air pollution control permits to monitor and estimate exactly how much of the criteria pollutants are being emitted into the each year.
Sources:
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc/sip/sip.aspx
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