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Fact Sheet:

A History of Delay on Particulate Matter Enforcement in the San Joaquin Valley

Legal Document:

Petition to EPA on PM "Attainment" in SJ Valley

San Joaquin Contingency Measures Summary Judgment

San Joaquin Valley PM 60-day Notice

SJV PM Attainment Challenge Petition

SJV PM10 Attainment Challenge

Press Release:

Bush EPA's Declaration of Clean Air in San Joaquin Valley, “A Farce” (09/25/08)

Same Old Story: EPA Turning a Blind Eye to San Joaquin Valley’s Pollution Problems (03/10/08)

EPA to Ignore Inconvenient Data from Bad Air Days (08/16/07)

Clean Air Advocates Demand that EPA Withdraw Bogus Clean Air Finding in San Joaquin Valley (03/22/07)

EPA Declares Victory as San Joaquin Valley Continues to Suffer Dirty Air (12/28/06)

Additional Resources:

Broken Promises: San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District

EPA PM10 Affirmation for San Joaquin Valley

Petition to EPA to Withdraw SJV PM attainment

Cases

San Joaquin Valley PM

In Brief: Prodded by an Earthjustice lawsuit, the San Joaquin Valley air board produced a weak plan to control particulate matter, then failed to enforce it. Litigation continues to force production of a decent plan and enforcement of the few good parts of the existing plan.

Photo of Earthjustice attorneys Paul Cort and Sarah Jackson

Paul Cort and Sarah Jackson deliver comments to EPA regarding "Proposed Determination of Attainment for San Joaquin Valley PM-10 Non-Attainment Area."

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Updated: August 18, 2006

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