Pollution Locator: Smog and Particulates: State Report

State Report for UTAH

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Criteria Air Pollutant Report: UTAH

Map Locating the Pollution Sources
Air Quality Rankings: Health Risks, Exposure, and Emissions
Environmental Justice Analysis for UTAH
Health Risks
Exposures to Criteria Air Pollutants
1999 Emissions Summary of Criteria Air Pollutants
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Air Quality Rankings: Health Risks, Exposures, and Emissions

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Person-days in exceedance of national air quality standard for ozone (8-hour):

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Environmental Justice Analysis for UTAH

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Health Risks

Population Exposed to Unhealthy Levels of Criteria Air Pollutants:
Pollutant	Person-days in exceedance of NAAQS
Ozone
8-hour average	9,088,815
PM-10
24-hour average	5,957,136

Exposures to Criteria Air Pollutants

See nonattainment areas in UTAH where ambient concentrations of criteria air pollutants persistently exceed air quality standards.

1999 Emissions Summary of Criteria Air Pollutants

(Expressed in tons of pollutant emitted)
	Carbon monoxide	Nitrogen oxides	PM-2.5	PM-10	Sulfur dioxide	Volatile organic compounds
Mobile Sources	675,682	116,385	22,379	106,133	9,627	75,734
Area Sources	155,722	22,017	34,521	114,474	9,927	61,482
Point Sources	38,771	157,041	8,259	16,468	68,208	8,071
All sources	870,175	295,443	65,159	237,075	87,761	145,287

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Person-days in exceedance of national air quality standard for ozone (8-hour):


Person-days in exceedance of national air quality standard for PM-10 (24-hour):