United States Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Research Program Accomplishments Report
Abstract
Millions of dollars are spent annually on research to advance the scientific basis
for setting air quality standards and implementing programs to protect public health
and the environment. It is necessary for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
Office of Research and Development (ORD) to document and evaluate their accomplishments
in order to communicate the value of their research to the public and government leaders.
This report is intended to highlight the major research accomplishments of EPA’s Clean
Air Research Program since 2002. Among the most notable achievements are near roadway
studies, understanding emissions from wild and prescribed fires, advancing characterization
of emissions, improving source apportionment and characterization, and control of
secondary PM2.5 from coal combustion. Significant progress has also been made in
understanding secondary organic aerosol formation, development of a new secondary
organic aerosol model, updating emissions inventories, and improving measurement and
modeling techniques. Additionally, health research has investigated target doses
of pollutants to various human lung sites, identified risk factors for susceptible
subpopulations, uncovered biological mechanisms for cardiopulmonary effects, identified
new target tissues from air pollution exposure, and explored co-pollutants and other
mediating factors.
Research generated by ORD directly affects the National Ambient Air Quality standards
setting process through health and environmental research, supports the evaluation
of environmental conditions with monitoring and modeling research, provides information
to states for regulation and management via technical products and support, and allows
EPA to track progress. This report, in addition to summarizing the major research
accomplishments of ORD, evaluates the research accomplishments against the framework
for air quality management, detailing which efforts directly support the framework
and how future research will support the framework. With the support of research
generated by the Clean Air Research Program, EPA can continue to protect human health
and the environment from the adverse effects of air pollution.
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Hagan, Nicole (2009). United States Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Research Program Accomplishments
Report. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/991.Collections
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