Regional Haze: Resources
EPA documents, links, and contact information related to regional haze, BART, and CSAPR/CAIR.
Many of the following documents and links are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
EPA Documents
Protection of Visibility: Amendments to Requirements for State Plans ; Final Rule (January 10, 2017)
Technical Guidance on Tracking Visibility Progress for the Second Implementation Period of the Regional Haze Program (December 2018)
Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) Rule (July 6, 2005)
Additional Regional Haze Questions (EPA Questions and answers on regional haze and BART, September 27, 2006)
Related Links
For more information on the Texas SIP, see the TCEQ’s Texas State Implementation Plan webpage.
Central States Air Resource Agencies (CenSARA)
- Analyses of the Causes of Haze for the Central States (August 2005): The analyses focused on the 20 percent of days with the worst visibility conditions and the 20 percent of days with the best visibility conditions at Class I sites during 2000 through 2004.
National Park Service (NPS):
- Introduction to Visibility (PDF, 79 pp.), William Malm, NPS
- Big Bend National Park
- Air Quality and Visibility in Big Bend
- BRAVO Study (Big Bend Regional Aerosol and Visibility Observational)
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
IMPROVE (Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments)
Federal Land Manager Environmental Database (FED) Provides an extensive database of environmental information to help Federal Land Managers analyze the air quality and visibility in federally protected areas such as the lands of the National Park Service, the US Forest Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Western States Air Resources Council/Western Regional Air Partnership (WESTAR/WRAP)