Websites to note: EPC Website - epchc/

1. Websites to note: • EPC Website - http://www.epchc.org/ • Air Quality Technical Reports - http://www.epchc.org/air_tech_reports.htm • Water Quality Data - http://www.epchc.org/water.htm • EPC Annual Reports - http://www.epchc.org/publications.htm • AQI Information - http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_city&cityid=14 • Old Landfills - http://www.epchc.org/old_landfills_dumps.htm

2. Water Quality Results • The County faces the challenge of addressing “Impaired Waters” • Over 177 areas have been listed for a variety of pollutants • Stormwater Runoff is the major source of pollutants. Tributaries Verified “Impaired” by DEP

4. Four major segments of Tampa Bay and its Watershed

5. Water Quality Results • Three of the four major bay segments have met goals for chlorophyll–a and water clarity targets. • Old Tampa Bay suffered an extensive algae bloom in the summer of 2009 and exceeded the chlorophyll–a target

6. Petroleum Cleanup Program: • Since 1987 the Waste Management Division has administered the Agency’s Petroleum Cleanup Program under contract with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). The program is a testament to government streamlining and a prime example of public & private partnership to achieve environmental results. • Contaminated Sites since inception = 2413 • Remediated/Closed Sites to date = 1225 • Remaining Contaminated Sites = 1188 • 673 Sites currently in progress • 515 Sites that have yet to be addressed • 114Sites within Water Resource • Protection Zones

7. Superfund Sites in Hillsborough County

9. EPA

10. Hillsborough County’s Current Compliance with the Emissions Standards Attainment Maintenance Non-Attainment Marginal Moderate Serious Severe Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County

11. Hillsborough’s Air Quality Index (AQI) Summary AQI Phone: 627-2626 Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County

12. Ozone exposure and our Health • Ozone is a lung and cardiovascular irritant • Ozone can penetrate deep into the lungs and: • Make breathing outdoors • more difficult • Increase asthma, • emphysema, and • bronchitis • Severity of effects is • based on susceptibility • of population Pyramid of Health Effects

13. Environmental Monitoring

14. EPA’s Criteria Pollutants: Nitrogen Dioxide Ozone Particulate Matter Carbon Monoxide Sulfur Dioxide Lead

16. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) • The EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) has set National Ambient Air Quality Standards for six principal pollutants, which are called "criteria" pollutants. They are Ozone, Particulate Matter, Lead, Carbon Monoxide, Sulfur Dioxide, and Nitrogen Dioxide. • Each of the criteria pollutants have recently been evaluated to determine if new standards should be set based on the protection of human health. • The lead standard is now 1/10 the amount it was a few years ago. • Hillsborough County is currently failing to attain the standards for Ozone (county wide) and lead (1.5 km radius around Envirofocus). • NAAQS info can be found here: http://www.epa.gov/air/criteria.html

17. Mosaic Radon Study Monitoring Locations

18. Mosaic Radon Study