Question

I live in Owasso. Do I need to take action on Ozone Alert! Days?

Answer 1

Yes! Absolutely! Importantly! Owasso and the communities surrounding Tulsa are considered the Tulsa area air shed. Ozone Alert! Days are called to 'clear the air' and hopefully continue to maintain the EPA ozone standard. If we violate the standard, EPA would place us on the 'dirty air list', officially termed in non-attainment. Should any one of the five air shed monitors violate the EPA ozone standard, the area designated non-attainment would be at minimum all the metro area and communities including Tulsa county and surrounding portions of Creek, Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner Counties (Owasso and many more communities surrounding Tulsa). The Clean Air Act, by default language, gives EPA authority to designate non-attainment the full Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Area—which is ALL 8 counties including and surrounding Tulsa county...
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