Air Pollution Control Program
Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Information
Industrial and residential combustion and vehicle exhausts emit fine particles into the air. These activities include burning oil, coal, wood, or residential waste. Fine particles also form in the atmosphere when chemical reactions transform gases such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds, emitted by combustion activities in the air. Fine particles can effect the health of everyone but primarily affect children, elderly and individuals with asthma and cardiopulmonary disease.
PM2.5 Information
- State Implementation Plan Development Process
St. Louis 8-Hour Ozone and PM2.5 State Implementation Plan (SIP) Workgroup
Missouri Status on Implementation of the Fine Particulate Standard, Fact Sheet (05/03)
PM2.5 Monitoring Plans
- St. Louis City Quality Assurance Project Plan For SLAMS/NAMS/SPMS/PM2.5 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (10/04)
- St. Louis City Quality Assurance Project Plan For PM2.5 Speciation (10/04)
Other PM2.5 Links
- Environmental Protection Agency's Particulate Matter Web Page
- St. Louis Regional Clean Air Partnership (St. Louis Air Quality Forecast)
- Kansas City AirQ (Kansas City Air Quality Forecast)
Links