How do EPA and its regulatory partners at the state and local level use the results of national-scale assessments?
EPA developed the national-scale assessment as a tool to inform both national and more localized efforts to collect air toxics information and characterize emissions (e.g., prioritize pollutants/types of sources/locations for more refined data collection such as monitoring, etc.). More specifically, the national-scale assessment results are used: • As a starting point for EPA, states and communities to conduct more refined local assessments to help develop tailored risk reduction strategies to effectively address specific local problems. Since 2002 (year EPA released its 1996 national-scale assessment), many community-level air toxics reduction projects have used the national-scale assessment to identify potential air toxics and sources to investigate. • To set priorities for EPA, state and locals to improve quality control and completeness of emission inventories. For example, as a result of EPA’s 1996 national-scale assessment, state and locals have provided more complete emissions i
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