Please be aware of this important public
meeting on air toxics guidelines for
Emily Keebler · Office of Patrick Dowd
· Pittsburgh City Council District 7
emily.keebler@city.pittsburgh.pa.us ·
412-255-2140
From: Cummings, Diane
[mailto:DCummings@achd.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
8:47 AM
Subject: Public Meeting on New Air
Toxics Guidelines
NEWS RELEASE
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For Release: Wednesday, April
27, 2011
PUBLIC
MEETING ON MAY 4 ON NEW AIR TOXICS GUIDELINES
Public
Input Wanted in Effort to Update Permitting for New or Existing Sources
A meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 4, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., at the
Originally developed in 1988 and now being updated, the air toxics guidelines
are used by the Allegheny County Health Department to evaluate air quality
permits for new or existing sources of toxic air pollution.
The discussion will cover why new guidelines are being developed, how risk for
air toxics is determined and ways to address specific air toxics “hot
spots.”
The agenda includes a 30-minute question-and-answer session and a one-hour
period for statements from the public, who may sign up to speak at the meeting.
The meeting will be moderated by Dr. Donald Burke, Dean of the
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