Duval County Doesnt meet EPA smog Standards

[adamh0903]

By The Associated Press
Wed Mar 12, 11:17 PM ET

Counties or parishes by state that currently do not meet the Environmental Protection Agency's new health standard for smog, as provided by the EPA

Florida: Bay, Duval, Escambia, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Orange, Sarasota, Seminole

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_go_ot/dirty_air_counties

[thelakelander]

Interesting.  We don't meet the health standard for smog, but congested Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties do? 

Hillsborough (Tampa), Orange, Seminole (metro Orlando) and Sarasota all have large population bases with heavy doses of traffic congestion.  While, Bay and Escambia have large industrial pollutants.  Lake County stands out among the Florida list.  Its mostly dead orange groves and tract housing with an insignificant industrial base.

[reednavy]

Waht, Bay County, wtf, Panama City has one large papermill, a gas power plant and a trash incinerator, how the hell does that make it fail?! Lake County, they get alot of the smog from Tampa I'm guessing. Duval failed miserably last year with the fires though!

[thelakelander]

Maybe because of Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City Beach crusing traffic congestion, an international airport, along with the port and paper mill are all directly located on the Bay/Gulf of Mexico within a relatively compact area of land?

[reednavy]

No cruising right now at least, thats a summer thing. Tyndall, not really that bad. KPAM, the airport, not the current, but future location yes. I dunno, seems fishy, but hell, I love it there.