AEUS73 KLOT 201630
AQALOT
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1130 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2013
ILZ005-006-012>014-020>022-211630-
MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-
1130 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2013
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS DETERMINED THAT
AN AIR POLLUTION ACTION DAY WILL BE DECLARED FOR TODAY...TUESDAY
AUGUST 20TH AND WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21ST...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
INFORMATION AND AQI LEVELS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT
WWW.EPA.STATE.IL.US AND AT WWW.AIRNOW.GOV
MEDIA CONTACT...217 785 8911
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INZ001-002-211630-
LAKE IN-PORTER-
1130 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2013
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY HAS BEEN FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST
INDIANA FOR TODAY...TUESDAY AUGUST 20TH AND WEDNESDAY AUGUST
21ST...FOR OZONE INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF...
LAKE AND PORTER.
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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