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Document Title/Subject: Determination of Adequacy of Section 112 to Address Deposition of Hazardous Air Pollutants to the Great Waters: Fact Sheet Related Documents: "Deposition of Air Pollutants to the Great Waters: First Report to Congress," EPA-453/R-93-055, May 1994 "Deposition of Air Pollutants to the Great Waters: Second Report to Congress," EPA-453/R-97-011, June, 1997	Signed by: Carol Browner Signature Date: March 13, 1998 Contact: Dale Evarts, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-15), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711	Filename(s): http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t3/fact_sheets/gwnew4fs.pdf URL(s):
Regulatory Authority: Title 3	Division: Air Quality Strategies and Standards Division (OAQPS)	Submitted By: evarts.dale
Document Type: Fact Sheet	EPA Document Number: Federal Register:	Supersedes:
Subject Category: AIR ECOSYSTEMS Toxics WATER	Keywords: Hazardous air pollutants HAPs Lakes Great Lakes Coastal Waters Air Toxics	Terms: Air pollutants Clean Air Act CAA Estuaries Toxic substances Water quality
Abstract: FACT SHEET (3/13/98) issued simultaneously with the EPA's Federal Register notice that the legal authority provided under the Clean Air Act (section 112) is adequate to protect public health and the environment from harmful effects associated with deposition of toxic air pollutants into what is known as the "Great Waters." The Great Waters include: the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, Chesapeake Bay, and many U.S. coastal estuaries. Air toxics, also known as hazardous air pollutants, are known or suspected to cause cancer and/or other serious health effects, such as birth defects or reproductive effects.

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