TACB Bulletin, Number 3, July 21, 1986 Page: Front Cover
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6330 HWY. 29UEAST AUSTIN, TEXAS /8/23 (512) 451-5/11
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No. 3-1986 JULY 21N>
Public concern about air toxics affects TACB program
Identification, minimizing or prevention of
health risks at center
State and national inter-
est in an expanded air toxics
control program is reflected
in the Texas Air Control
Board's current and pro-
jected activities. Texas is
the home of almost one half
of the nation's basic petro-
chemical industry. Most of
the production occurs on
the Gulf Coast; distribution
of hazardous materials by
rail and highway for stor-
age, and their use in a wide
range of processes through-
out the state, however, re-sult in broad con-
cern, TACB finds.
The state has
had an air toxics
control program
since 1972; it is
one of four under
study by the U.S.
General Account-
ing Office on be-
half of a congres-
sional subcommit-
tee dealing withSta
recogn
fo:
long-t
foci
on pro
nationalstrategy. The four -- in
Texas, New York, New Jer-
sey, and California -- are
considered to be pathfinder
programs initiated by the
states.
The TACB recently sub-
mitted a proposed budget
for the 1988 and 1989 fiscal
years which presents the
Legislature with the option
of significantly expanding
state efforts to identify and
prevent or minimize public
health risks related to toxic
air contaminants.
The TACB has also been
working with the EPA to
support its efforts to imple-
ment an expanded toxicsof agency's planning
program nationwide. EPA's
efforts are hampered to
some degree by the fact
that increased funds to sup-
port this effort are not
available.
The TACB currently con-
ducts a new source review
program which considers
all air contaminants includ-
ing those for which federal
standards have been set, as
well as "toxic" air contami-
nants.
(Toxic air contaminants
are those that are known
and suspected to
tc ause adverse
health effects
iized when present at
relatively low
r concentrations.
term Although most of
the air pollutants
us for which federal
standards have
blem been set could
also be considered
toxic air contaminants,
they are usually referred
to as "criteria" air
contaminants in view of the
extensive federal require-
ments related to them. In
common usage, the term
"toxic air contaminants"
typically refers to those
other than the criteria air
contaminants.)
The TACB new source re-
view of these toxic air con-
taminants consists of an
engineering evaluation of
the production process,
the use of mathematical
models to calculate the pro-
jected emissions so as to
predict public exposure,
and reviewing the pre-
21YCALENDAR
Hearings
August 12 - 10 a.m., TACB
Auditorium, Austin.
Joint public hearing,
TACB and Department of
Health on proposed
Regulation XI (municipal
solid waste facilities)
August 20 - 10 a.m., TACB
Auditorium, Austin.
Revisions to Regulation
IV (control of air pollu-
tion from motor vehicles)
and state implementation
plan
August 20 - 2 p.m., TACB
Auditorium, Austin.
Revisions to TACB
rules, Section 101.24
(inspection fees)
August 26 - 10 a.m., TACB
Auditorium, Austin.
Revisions to state imple-
mentation plan for Dal-
las, Tarrant, and El
Paso counties
Meetings
August 15 - 10a.m. . ieu-
tenant Governor's Con-
ference Room, Capitol.
Clean Air Study Comittee
August 22 - 10:30 a.m.,
TACB Auditorium, Aus-
tin.
Texas Air Control Board
September 26 - 10:30 a.m.
(tentative), TACB Audi-
torium, Austin.
Texas Air Control Board
dicted ambient concentra-
tion values to evaluate pub-
lic exposure. The TACB
also conducts limited evalua-
tion of the potential for
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Texas Air Control Board. TACB Bulletin, Number 3, July 21, 1986, periodical, July 21, 1986; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth903097/m1/1/?q=%22Government+and+Law+-+State+Agencies%22: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.