CMCOG to Host Air Quality Forum:  December 11, 2009.

Power Point Presentations:

LMC Air Quality Improvement Initiative

The Challenges of Being Located in a Ozone Non Attainment Area

New Ozone  NAAQS...

Take a Break from Exhaust

The Midlands of South Carolina faces a potential air quality crisis…and we need your help!

In March 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lowered the federal standard for ground level ozone and is currently considering lowering that standard even more. Failing to meet this standard could likely push the Midlands into a “non-attainment status.”  

For local businesses and organizations, this can have a variety of negative impacts. Nonattainment can:

• Limit production capabilities of existing industries and preclude relocation of new industries.

• Mean stricter requirements on spending of federal highway funding.

• Require time and costly resources to develop and implement plans to regain attainment status.

The Midlands Air Quality Forum meeting on December 11^th -- presented by the Central Midlands Council of Governments (CMCOG), S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce-- will be an opportunity for businesses and organizations to learn more about the federal air quality standards, what violation of those standards can mean, and most importantly, what your business or organization can do to help our area meet those standards.

The time of the forum is 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM on December 11, 2009.  The forum will be located at the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce,  Palmetto Room, 930 Richland Street, Columbia, SC.

Thank you for helping to make the Central Midlands region a better place to live, play, and work.