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CED-79-84 1 (1979-05-31)

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REPORT BY THE


Comptroller General


OF THE UNITED STATES


Air Quality:

Do We Really Know What It Is?


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Currently, air quality determinations across
the country are based on information
obtained from disparate State air monitoring
networks. Deficiencies in these monitoring
systems raise serious questions about the reli-
ability and representativeness of the air qual-
ity data.

The importance of knowing the Nation's air
quality and of achieving the Clean Air Act's
goals necessitate the use of accurate, reliable
information. Given the health and economic
consequences of using questionable informa-
tion, the issue is not whether we can afford
the cost of assuring an accurate, reliable air
monitoring system, but rather, can we afford
not to?


Environmental Protection Agency actions to
improve the situation have sometimes been
slow and ineffective. In this report, GAO rec-
ommends several actions which the Agency
and the Congress can take to correct the situa-
tion.


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