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Title: Ozone Non-Attainment Policy Vs. The Facts Of Life
Author: Vittorio K. Argento
Source: American Gas Association 1988
Year Published: 1988
Abstract: How ozone levels are controlled in major urban areas is a controversial topic. This controversy is a result of very honest differences of opinion between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and at least some state and local regulatory agencies as well as some environmental scientists. However, in most cases, everyone agrees that there is a need to work toward reducing the most extreme ozone concentrations that are periodically found in some cities. A review of basic concepts together with a presentation of the actual relationships between measured concentrations of precursor pollutants and elevated ozone concentrations will be made. These relationships will be examined to determine the potential for reductions of hydrocarbon emissions to result in lower ozone concentrations. Additionally, other potential control strategies, which air quality data suggests may provide reductions in measured ozone levels, will be examined. Unlike most other air pollutants, ozone is not emitted from stacks of industry or tailpipes of automobiles. It is a pollutant that is manufactured in the atmosphere by reactions of other pollutants called precursor pollutants. These precursor pollutants are thought to be principally made up of oxides of nitrogen and hydrocarbons. Oxides of nitrogen result generally from high temperature combustion sources-industrial furnaces, electric utility boilers, and motor vehicle engines.

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