§ 575 - Hazardous air contaminant monitoring program - Vermont Statutes

§ 575. Hazardous air contaminant monitoring program

The secretary shall establish a hazardous air contaminant monitoring program. The goals of the program shall be to:

(1) measure the presence of hazardous air contaminants in ambient air;

(2) identify sources of hazardous air contaminants;

(3) assess human health and ecological risk to focus studies on those air contaminants which pose the greatest risk;

(4) gather sufficient data to allow the secretary to establish appropriately protective standards; and

(5) ensure adequate data are collected to support the state's operating permit program. (Added 1993, No. 92, § 15.)