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Air
Pollution & Risk Assessment - the monthly newsletter which
brings you the latest developments in the air pollution and risk
assessment fields, as well as information on upcoming events and
products. |
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| PERMITTING/MACT COURSE |
| This 1-day course provides the essentials to understanding current
regulatory requirements while covering topics including Compliance and Trial Burn Planning, Mercury Strategies, Alternative Monitoring
and others.
Feb 24, 2003 - Houston, Texas |
| http://www.weblakes.com/Courses/courseMACT_USFeb2003.html |
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| RISK ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COURSE |
| Learn the latest approaches to Human Health and Ecological Risk
Assessment in this 2-day hands-on course. Featuring application of the U.S. EPA-OSW Human Health Risk Assessment Protocol
(HHRAP) and Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment Protocol (SLERAP). Topics will also include Environmental Justice
approaches and related case studies. Visit the course page for complete details.
Feb 27-28, 2003 - Houston, Texas
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| http://www.weblakes.com/Courses/courseUSFeb2003.html |
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| AIR
DISPERSION MODELING COURSES - ISCST3, AERMOD, AND ISC-PRIME |
| Learn the essentials of air dispersion modeling with today's leading
models. These 2-day courses consistently receive outstanding reviews
from attendees.
Feb 27-28, 2003 - Houston, Texas
Apr 14-15, 2003 - Irvine, California
May 22-23, 2003 - Washington, D.C.
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Instructors:
- Roger Brode and Jim Paumier of Pacific Environmental
Services (PES), the developers of the ISCST3 and AERMOD codes, under contract from the U.S. EPA.
- Russell Lee the coordinator of the development of these codes while working for the U.S. EPA
- Dr. Jesse Thé from Lakes Environmental, the developer of ISC-AERMOD View, the leading
interface for the ISCST3, ISC-PRIME and AERMOD air dispersion
models.
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| http://www.weblakes.com/courses.html |
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| NATURAL ATMOSPHERIC SCRUBBER NOT IN DECLINE, STUDY FINDS |
| A natural chemical that scrubs pollution from the sky is more abundant
than previously believed, leading scientists to wonder if they have been underestimating the atmosphere's ability to cleanse itself. |
| http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2003/01/01092003/ap_49318.asp |
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| EPA WEAKENS STATE REGULATIONS |
| Less than three months ago, the Bush administration made an
unprecedented challenge to California's ability to regulate air pollution within its borders. |
| http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/mcherald/news/state/4858548.htm |
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| AIR POLLUTION IN 2002: LOOKING BACK OVER CLIMATE CHANGE,
PARTICULATES AND CO. |
| There was something in the air in 2002, and in some countries it
was largely pollution. In the US, half the country’s population breathed in polluted air, whilst brown haze over Asia was in danger
of causing dramatic climactic changes. |
| http://www.edie.net/news/Archive/6459.cfm |
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| AIR POLLUTION MAY ALTER GENES |
| Six years ago, scientists found that herring gulls living near steel
mills around the harbour in Hamilton, Ontario, tended to have high DNA mutation rates. |
| http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2003/01/01072003/s_49194.asp |
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| LICHENS ACCURATELY MEASURE AIR POLLUTION |
| The use of lichens to measure air pollution could virtually eliminate
the use of mechanical monitoring of air pollution, according to research
by a father-son team from Brigham Young University in Utah, US. |
| http://www.edie.net/news/Archive/6404.cfm |
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| CALIFORNIA MISCALCULATES ON VEHICLE EMISSIONS |
| California air quality officials have underestimated vehicle
emissions by almost a third and are worried they won't be able to clean up the pollutants by 2010, the year mandated by federal law. |
| http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/01/16/air.pollution.ap/index.html |
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| ABOUT
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| This newsletter contains information gleaned from various sources on the
web, with complete links to the sources cited. Organizations cited are
in no way affiliated with Lakes Environmental.
Lakes Environmental is a leading environmental IT company which offers a
complete line of air dispersion modeling, risk assessment, and emergency
release software as well as training and custom software services. With
satisfied users located around the globe, Lakes Environmental will continue
to revolutionize the environmental software field.
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