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ILLINOIS INFO...
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT...AIR POLLUTION ACTION DAY
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY...SPRINGFIELD IL
1200 PM CDT TUESDAY JULY 03 2012
 
THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS DETERMINED THAT AN 
AIR
POLLUTION ACTION DAY WILL BE DECLARED FOR WEDNESDAY JULY 4TH AND FOR
THURSDAY JULY 5TH FOR THE GREATER CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA 
INCLUDING 
THE COUNTIES OF ... 
COOK...DUPAGE...KANE...KENDALL...GRUNDY...LAKE...MCHENRY AND WILL.
 
AN AIR POLLUTION ACTION DAY IS DECLARED WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE 
SUCH THAT WIDESPREAD OZONE AND OR PARTICULATE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO 
BE AT OR ABOVE THE UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS CATEGORY OF THE 
AIR QUALITY INDEX.  ACTIVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND ESPECIALLY PEOPLE 
WITH PULMONARY OR RESPIRATORY DISEASE SUCH AS ASTHMA SHOULD LIMIT 
PROLONGED OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
 
PARTICIPANTS IN THE...PARTNERS FOR CLEAN AIR PROGRAM...ARE REQUESTED 
TO INITIATE THEIR ACTIVITIES. AREA RESIDENTS ARE ALSO URGED TO 
REDUCE POLLUTION LEVELS.  AQI FORECASTS AND TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN 
REDUCE YOUR EMISSIONS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.CLEANTHEAIR.ORG
 
THESE ARE THE 4TH AND 5TH AIR POLLUTION ACTION DAYS IN 2012.
 
INFORMATION AND AQI LEVELS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.EPA.STATE.IL.US
AND AT WWW.AIRNOW.GOV 
  
MEDIA CONTACT... 217 299 6057
INDIANA INFO (LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES ONLY)
AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY HAS BEEN FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA 
FOR WEDNESDAY JULY 4TH AND THURSDAY JULY 5TH 2012. THIS INCLUDES THE 
COUNTIES OF LAKE AND PORTER...AND THE CITIES OF GARY AND HAMMOND. 
OZONE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE ORANGE OR UNHEALTHY FOR 
SENSITIVE GROUPS RANGE. ACTIVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS...AND PEOPLE WITH 
RESPIRATORY DISEASE SUCH AS ASTHMA SHOULD LIMIT PROLONGED OUTDOOR 
EXERTION. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE IDEM SMOG WATCH WEBSITE AT 
WWW.IN.GOV/APPS/IDEM/SMOG/ OR THE EPA AIRNOW WEB SITE AT 
WWW.AIRNOW.GOV AND CLICK ON INDIANA.