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EPA Nitrogen Oxides
EPA Nitrogen Oxides
EPA Nitrogen Oxides
family of nitrogen oxides, including nitrogen dioxide, nitric acid, nitrous oxide, nitrates, and nitric oxide.
Acid Rain - NOx and sulfur dioxide Particles - NOx react with ammonia,
react with other substances in the moisture, and other compounds to form
air to form acids which fall to earth nitric acid vapor and related particles.
as rain, fog, snow, or dry particles. Human health concerns include effects
Some may be carried by the wind for on breathing and the respiratory system,
hundreds of miles. Acid rain damage to lung tissue, and premature
damages forests; causes deterioration death. Small particles penetrate deeply
of cars, buildings, and historical into sensitive parts of the lungs and can
monuments; and causes lakes and cause or worsen respiratory disease,
streams to become acidic and such as emphysema and bronchitis, and
unsuitable for many fish. aggravate existing heart disease.
Emissions standards for motor 1999. The goal of the second phase is to reductions are to be achieved, but gives
vehicles
reduce emissions by approximately 1.17 each affected state a NOx emission target.
- Since the 1970's, EPA has required motor
million tons per year beginning in the States have flexibility in determining how
vehicle manufacturers to reduce NOx
year 2000. to reduce emissions. The goal of this rule
emissions from cars and trucks.
is to reduce total emissions of NOx by 1.2
NOx Transport rule for 22 States
million tons in the affected states by 2007.
- The Clean Air Act requires states to
Reductions achieved through auto help “downwind” states meet the ozone
and states continue to examine vehicle The NOx Transport rule will require
22 states and the District of Columbia
emissions-testing programs to ensure to prepare State Implementation
Plans aimed at reducing NOx
emissions.
that readings accurately reflect
emissions levels.
U.S. EPA Offices
Region 1 Region 5 Region 8
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, (Colorado, Montana, North
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Ohio, Wisconsin) Dakota, South Dakota, Utah,
Vermont) 77 West Jackson Boulevard Wyoming)
John F. Kennedy Federal Building Chicago, IL 60604-3507 999 18th Street, Suite 500
One Congress Street (312) 353-2212 Denver, CO 80202-2466
Boston, MA 02203 (303) 312-6041
(617) 565-3476 Region 6
(Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Region 9
Region 2 Oklahoma, Texas) (Arizona, California, Hawaii,
(New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Fountain Place, 12th Floor, Suite 1200 Nevada, Guam, American Somoa)
Virgin Islands) 1445 Ross Avenue 75 Hawthorne Street
290 Broadway Dallas, TX 75202-2733 San Francisco, CA 94105
New York, NY 10007-3198 (214) 665-7200 (415) 744-1219
(212) 637-3725
Region 7 Region 10
Region 3 (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska) (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington)
726 Minnesota Avenue 1200 Sixth Avenue
(Delaware, District of Columbia,
Kansas City, KS 66101 Seattle, WA 98101
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West
(913) 551-7020 (206) 553-4273
Virginia)
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
(215) 814-2100
Region 4
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee)
61 Forsyth Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 562-9077
EPA Headquarters
U.S. EPA
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 260-7400
Homepage: http://www.epa.gov/oar
EPA tracks emissions of six principal
United States
Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711