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HGCAMP Outreach Efforts
This page is designed to provide a one stop portal for air pollution issues in the Houston-Galveston area.
Compounds analyzed as part of HGCAMP study. This listing also includes links to toxicological data on the individual compounds analyzed.
Texas Air Quality for HGCAMP Area
The AQI ( Air Quality Index ) is an index for reporting daily air quality. It tells you how clean or polluted your air is, and what associated health concerns you should be aware of. The AQI focuses on health effects that can happen within a few hours or days after breathing polluted air. EPA uses the AQI for five major air pollutants regulated by the Clean Air Act: ground-level ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. For each of these pollutants, EPA has established national air quality standards to protect against harmful health effects.
Data provided by EPA's Air Now Program.
Map
of Current Ozone Levels for Houston- Galveston -Brazoria Counties in Texas.
The map below shows the current highest ozone levels in each of the metropolitan areas across Texas where ozone is measured by the TCEQ. More detailed maps showing the current ozone levels measured at each site in a particular metropolitan area are available by clicking on the colored boxes below. These levels are based on data measured at the TCEQ's continuous air monitoring stations and includes data from local governments and private monitoring networks.
Data courtesy of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Air
Monitoring Sites in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Counties Area
This web site presents an aerial map depicting the locations of the stationary air monitoring sites in the Houston- Galveston-Brazoria area.
Click on a station box to see the current hourly averages for all parameters measured at that site.
Data courtesy of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Houston
Galveston Ozone Nonattainment Area
Non-Point Source Emission Data
Data courtesy of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Air Quality where you live
What Are the Six Common Air Pollutants?
EPA has set national air quality standards for six common pollutants (also
referred to as "criteria" pollutants). Click on one of the pollutants
below for information on sources of the pollutant, why the pollutant is
of concern, health and environmental effects, efforts underway to help
reduce the pollutant, and other helpful resources.
Health and Ecological Effects Resources
The Health Effects
Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants-- Detailed information about
the health effects of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) is available in
separate fact sheets, for nearly every HAP specified in the Clean Air
Act Amendments of 1990.
ToxNet - A network of
databases on toxicology, hazadarous chemicals, and related information.
This data is provided by U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville
Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894,National Institutes of Health, Department of
Health & Human Services.
TCEQ's
Effects Screening Levels List -- - Effects Screening Levels (ESLs)
are used to evaluate the potential for effects to occur as a result of
exposure to concentrations of constituents in the air. ESLs are based
on data concerning health effects, odor nuisance potential, effects with
respect to vegetation, and corrosion effects. They are not ambient air
standards. If predicted or measured airborne levels of a constituent do
not exceed the screening level, adverse health or welfare effects
would not be expected to result. If ambient levels of constituents in
air exceed the screening levels, it does not necessarily indicate
a problem, but rather, triggers a more in-depth review.
Mercury -- Learn more about mercury and what is being done to protect your health.
Air Pollution and Health
Risk -- Find out how we know when a risk from a hazardous substance
is serious. Learn how researchers estimate risk, and how the government
uses this information to develop regulations that limit our exposure to
hazardous substances.
Evaluating Exposures to Toxic Air Pollutants: A Citizen's Guide --
Toxic air pollutants can increase the chance of health problems and cause
ecological impacts. This publication explains the process that EPA uses
to determine how much of a toxic air pollutant people are exposed to and
how many people are exposed.
Risk Assessment for
Toxic Air Pollutants: A Citizen's Guide -- Find out more about risk
assessment, which is the process used to estimate the risk of illness
from a specific human exposure to a toxic air pollutant.
Taking Toxics Out
of the Air -- This brochure describes what air toxics are, where they
come from, and how they impact people and the environment.
This site links several EPA publications available to the general public concerning air and air quality. These publications are available in both English and Spanish.
This site lists 36 publications available to the public concerning air quality. These publications are available on both Spanish and English.
Data courtesy of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Technology Transfer Network - Air Quality System -ASAP
The Air Quality System (AQS) contains ambient air pollution data collected by EPA, state, local, and tribal air pollution control agencies from thousands of monitoring stations. AQS also contains meteorological data, descriptive information about each monitoring station (including its geographic location and its operator), and data quality assurance/quality control information. The Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) and other AQS users rely upon the system data to assess air quality, assist in Attainment/Non-Attainment designations, evaluate State Implementation Plans for Non-Attainment Areas, perform modeling for permit review analysis, and other air quality management functions. AQS information is also used to prepare reports for Congress as mandated by the Clean Air Act.
User Support is provided through the Customer Call Center. The toll free number is 800-334-2405.
This site contains downloadable software.
Grants and Funding for Environmental Projects
Numerous sites for grants for grants and funding for environmental projects.
Office of Air and Radiation ( OAR ) funding opportunities.
Site lists numerous sources for funding within the Office of Air and Radiation.
Application kit for Federal Assistance
This site features an application kit for submitting a request for Federal Assistance to the Environmental Protection Agency. The site also features a grant writing tutorial.
Application forms for Federal Assistance.
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