Assessment of State Air Toxics Regulations: A Case Study

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• Personal Author:
  Feigley C ; Jollow D ; Pastides H ; Prince C
• Description:
  A Workgroup was formed to recommend science-based methods for determining which air pollutants should be regulated under South Carolina Air Toxics standard (Regulation 62.5, Standard 8) and for specifying appropriate ambient concentration limits (ACLs) for protecting public health. These methods were to make efficient use of existing data sources and guideline levels, recognizing that State agency resources are limited. Initially, state air toxics regulations, policies, and approaches throughout the United States were surveyed and analyzed. States with their own air toxics regulations were found to have higher population, a greater portion of the population less than 5 years old, higher gross state product, higher per capita income, higher ambient concentrations of air toxics; they were more likely to have fishing and tourism as important industries. The Workgroup concluded that the SC Standard is essential for controlling air toxics for protection of public health because it complements federal standards. Recommendations included listing/delisting criteria based on weight-of-evidence cancer classifications and noncancer exposure limits developed by national and international organizations, and a tiered protocol for setting ACLs based on carefully developed exposure guideline levels. The Workgroup observed that developing ACLs to control cancer risk requires that the State specify an acceptable risk level. Also, although ACLs may be set to protect people within the normal range of susceptibility, ACLs protecting hypersusceptible persons now are not scientifically feasible. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air Pollution Guidelines Policy Public Health Regulations Regulatory Activities
• Publisher:
  American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 4 ; South Carolina
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  63
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057779
• Citation:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, June 2-7, 2001, New Orleans, Louisiana. Fairfax, VA: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2001 Jun; :63
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19940701
• Source Full Name:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, June 2-7, 2001, New Orleans, Louisiana
• End Date:
  20040630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0b599e45b9d6d60411db86151952078f26dad53f6e857c43be55140c9322c941cc3daeed23b6d4d78818b01748d5f8f46193ef1c0f48a9193a274e204266368a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215011/cdc_215011_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 306.50 KB ]