Saturday, May 31, 2014

Air Quality Alert for Mchenry Co., IL

AEUS73 KLOT 010133
AQALOT

AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
811 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014


MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-
833 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CDT
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS DETERMINED THAT
AN AIR POLLUTION ACTION DAY WILL BE DECLARED FOR SUNDAY JUNE 1ST
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 WILL BE THE FIRST AIR POLLUTION ACTION DAY IN 2014.

INFORMATION AND AQI LEVELS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT
WWW.EPA.STATE.IL.US AND AT WWW.AIRNOW.GOV

MEDIA CONTACT...217 785 8911

http://goo.gl/aey6MX
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