Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (Fourth External Review Draft)
Note: EPA has updated this document, but this version is provided as a courtesy to the public as a matter of public record.
Federal Register Notices
- FR Notice: June 27, 2003 (PDF) (1 pp, 38 KB, about PDF)
Contact
- Technical Information Staff
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- by email at: nceadc.comment@epa.gov
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The document is divided into two volumes: Volume I (Chapters 1 through 5, EPA/600/P-99/002aD) and Volume II (Chapters 6 through 9, EPA/600/P-99/002bD). After the brief general introduction in Chapter 1, Chapters 2 and 3 provide background information on physical and chemical properties of PM and related compounds; sources and emissions; atmospheric transport; transformation and fate of PM; methods for the collection and measurement of PM; and ambient air concentrations; Chapter 4 describes PM environmental effects on vegetation and ecosystems, impacts on man-made materials and visibility, and relationships to global climate change processes; and Chapter 5 contains factors affecting exposure of the general population. Chapters 6 through 8 evaluate information concerning the health effects of PM. Chapter 6 discusses dosimetry of inhaled particles in the respiratory tract; and Chapter 7 assesses information on the toxicology of specific types of PM constituents, including laboratory animal studies and controlled human exposure studies. Chapter 8 discusses epidemiologic studies. Chapter 9 integrates key information on exposure, dosimetry, and critical health risk issues derived from studies reviewed in the prior chapters. The Executive Summary is to be incorporated in Volume I.
Downloads/Related Links
- Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter Vol1 (Fourth External Review Draft) (17mb File) (PDF) (NA pp, 17 MB, about PDF)
- Federal Register Notice: Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (Casac) Notification of Advisory Committee Meeting of the Casac Particulate Matter Review Panel
- Review Form (PDF) (NA pp, 56 KB, about PDF)
- Review Guidelines (PDF) (NA pp, 93 KB, about PDF)
- Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter Vol2 (Fourth External Review Draft) (15mb File) (PDF) (NA pp, 15 MB, about PDF)
Related Link(s)
- Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter
- Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (External Review Draft)
- Air Quality for Particulate Matter (Second External Review Draft)
- Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (Third External Review Draft)
- Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (Fourth External Review Draft) [revised Drafts of Chapters 7 and 8, December 2003]
- Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (Fourth External Review Draft) [revised Chapters 7, 8, and 9, June 2004]
- Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (Fourth External Review Draft) [revised Chapter 9, August 2004]
Citation
Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (Fourth External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center For Environmental Assessment, Research Triangle Park Office, Research Triangle Park, NC, EPA/600/P-99/002aD and bD., 2003.