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134 � Transportation Statistics Annual Report 1996<br />

Index, 1975=1.0<br />

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FIGURE 7-3: U.S. AIR QUALITY TRENDS, 1975–94<br />

(indexed average <strong>of</strong> pollutant concentration data from monitoring sites)<br />

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1975 1980 1985 1990 1994<br />

■ Ozone<br />

● NO 2<br />

▲ CO<br />

❏ PM-10<br />

❍ Lead<br />

SOURCE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office <strong>of</strong> Air Quality Planning <strong>and</strong> St<strong>and</strong>ards, National Air Quality<br />

<strong>and</strong> Emissions Trends Report, 1994, Data Appendix, EPA 454/R-95-XXX (<strong>Research</strong> Triangle Park, NC: October 1995),<br />

<strong>table</strong> A-9.<br />

TABLE 7-1: FEDERAL EMISSIONS CONTROL STANDARDS FOR LIGHT-DUTY GASOLINE VEHICLES<br />

(GRAMS PER MILE)<br />

Automobiles Light trucks<br />

Year st<strong>and</strong>ard Hydro- Carbon Nitrogen Hydro- Carbon Nitrogen<br />

set or changed carbons monoxide oxides Particulates carbons monoxide oxides Particulates<br />

1976 1.50 15.0 3.1 — 2.00 20.0 3.1 —<br />

1977 nc nc 2.0 — nc nc nc —<br />

1979 nc nc nc — 1.70 18.0 2.3 —<br />

1980 0.41 7.0 nc — nc nc nc —<br />

1981 nc 3.4 1.0 — nc nc nc —<br />

1982 nc nc nc 0.60 nc nc nc 0.60<br />

1984 nc nc nc nc 0.80 10.0 nc nc<br />

1987 nc nc nc 0.20 nc nc nc 0.26<br />

1988 nc nc nc nc nc nc 1.2 nc<br />

1994 0.25 nc 0.4 0.08 0.25 3.4 nc nc<br />

1995 on nc nc nc nc nc nc 0.4 0.08<br />

KEY: — = no emission st<strong>and</strong>ard in effect; nc = no change from prior year listed.<br />

SOURCE: S.C. Davis, Transportation Energy Data Book, Edition 15, ORNL-6856 (Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1995), <strong>table</strong> 7-14.

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