{"product_id":"air-pollution-u-s-government-accountability-office-9781289149574","title":"Air Pollution: Efforts To Control Ozone in Areas of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: RCED-88-46BR","description":"In response to a congressional request, GAO evaluated Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state efforts to control hydrocarbon emissions in southeastern Wisconsin, northeastern Illinois, and northwestern Indiana, to determine: (1) whether Illinois and Indiana are contributing to Wisconsin's ozone problems; (2) why the two states have not obtained EPA approval of their ozone control plans; (3) why EPA failed to develop plans for the two states; (4) whether the EPA process for determining air quality violations across state lines is useful for ozone; (5) whether EPA uniformly implements construction bans nationwide; and (6) whether factories within the three states emit significant amounts of hydrocarbons. \u003cbr\u003e GAO found that: (1) because of the complexity of ozone formation, EPA officials and the states were unable to determine the exact source of Wisconsin's ozone problems; (2) EPA officials and the states agreed that industrial pollution from Chicago and northwestern Indiana may have contributed to the ozone problems in two Wisconsin counties; (3) Illinois and Indiana disagreed with Wisconsin on the effects of their emissions on Wisconsin's ozone level; and (4) EPA believes that industrial emissions from Wisconsin could also be significantly polluting its air. GAO also found that: (1) EPA did not fully approve the Indiana and Illinois ozone control plans because they failed to implement federal requirements for vehicle inspection and maintenance programs; (2) both states passed legislation implementing the measures to reduce the levels of industrial pollutions affecting the ozone layer; (3) EPA proposed to ban the construction or modification of factories that would produce large amounts of ozone until it fully approved the states' ozone plans; and (4) Congress recently enacted legislation prohibiting EPA from imposing sanctions in ozone and carbon monoxide nonattainment areas until August 1988.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e U. S. Government Accountability Office (\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1289149577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781289149574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.11d","brand":"U. S. Government Accountability Office (","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873005449471,"sku":"9781289149574","price":17.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/air-pollution-u-s-government-accountability-office-9781289149574","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}