AEUS73 KLOT 051613
AQALOT
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1112 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
ILZ005-006-012>014-020>022-060500-
MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-
1112 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
...AIR QUALITY ALERT CONTINUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...
THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS DECLARED AN AIR
POLLUTION ACTION DAY FOR TODAY...THURSDAY JULY 6TH...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
THIS IS THE 5TH AIR POLLUTION ACTION DAY 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
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INZ001-002-060500-
LAKE IN-PORTER-
1112 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...
AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA
FOR TODAY...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.
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