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EPA
Accepts Pledge from Arkansas and Tennessee for Clean Air
Faster
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Leavitt
has announced that he will approve the ozone nonattainment
area reclassification petition submitted by Crittenden
County, Arkansas, and Shelby County, Tennessee.
"Because the Memphis area has shown it will achieve
clean air standards 3 years earlier than required, I intend
to approve their request and classify the area as a marginal
nonattainment area under the new, more protective national
air quality standard for ground-level ozone," EPA
Administrator Mike Leavitt said. "This action recognizes
the hard work of local and state leaders over the past
4 months and their renewed pledge to employ innovative
local emissions control program to ensure our clean air
milestones are met."
State
and local leaders from Arkansas and Tennessee joined Leavitt
in recognizing collaborative efforts to bring clean air
to Crittenden and Shelby counties. For example, the area
is committed to local regulations that will control emissions
from heavy duty diesel trucks and industrial NOx emissions
in Shelby county, and a monitor study and control measures
evaluation is planned in Marion.... Full
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EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt accepts
clean air pledge from Arkansas and Tennessee leaders. |
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EPA
SmartWay Program Awards $100,000 Grant to Arkansas
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator
Mike Leavitt
has announced the award of $100,000 to the Arkansas Department
of Environmental Quality to reduce truck idling. The Partnership
is a national voluntary program developed by EPA and freight
industry representatives to reduce air pollution and greenhouse
gases, and to promote cleaner, more efficient ground freight
transportation. A key SmartWay strategy is to reduce long
duration truck engine idling and to establish national
transportation idle-free corridors. This strategy promotes
a nationwide network of idle-reduction facilities along
interstate highway freight corridors and at rail switch
yards. EPA and its SmartWay Partners support pilot projects
to evaluate and demonstrate the fuel-saving benefits of
advanced idle reduction technologies, such as truck stop
electrification. ... Full
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EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt presents
SmartWay Award to Arkansas Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller and
Director Marcus Devine. |
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Best Workplaces for Commuters ...
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Best
Workplaces for Commuters helps commuters and improves
air quality
If
you live in a Metropolitan area and like the daily rush
hour driving commute to work, you are a rare bird indeed.
More than 1.5 million commuters now can avoid the frustrations
caused by long driving commutes. They work for the 800-plus
companies, in 30 states, that are part of the Best Workplaces
for Commuters program.
This
voluntary program offers many benefits to employees, employers,
and the air we breathe! Best Workplaces began in February
2000, and continues to grow. Employers qualify by meeting
a national standard of excellence for traffic- and stress-reducing
commuter benefits. The initiative also contributes to
the overall goal of improving air quality. ...
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A
Tale of Two Cities . . . Revisited
Take
two large metropolitan areas already engaged in friendly,
but often heated, competition for job growth, professional
sports championships, tourism, convention business and more.
Now add a commitment to clean the air, including air-friendly
commuting. Think there might be a little competition?
Of
course there is. Especially when you're talking about Dallas-Fort
Worth and Houston-Galveston, both areas in Texas and in Region
6 of the U.S. EPA. Houston, with its own set of air pollution
issues, and far fewer miles of light rail, is ahead. But Dallas-Fort
Worth is coming on strong in its first campaign for the joint
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/U.S. Department of Transportation
voluntary program, Best Workplaces for Commuters. ...
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Dallas and Houston light rail lines. |
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