Contributor: Nicholas C. Zingale

Contact Information:
Affinity Consultants, Inc.
222 North Canal Street
P.O. Box 513
Canal Fulton, Ohio
Phone: 330 854 9066 ext. 10
E-mail: nick.zingale@affinityconsultants.com

Biography: Nicholas C. Zingale has been instructing at the University Akron for the past six years and at Ohio State University for the past year. He is also the President of Affinity Consultants, Inc. An environmental and safety consulting firm supporting the practice of strategic environmental management and sustainable program development. Mr. Zingale holds certifications as a Qualified Environmental Professional and Certified Hazardous Material Manager. As a Professor with the Universities he has lectured on a variety of Environmental Health and Safety related topics across the country and published over thirty articles relating to Environmental Planning, Compliance and Strategic Environmental Management. Mr. Zingale has a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Health from Bowling Green State University an MBA from Baldwin Wallace College and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Public Administration specializing in Organizational Theory.

Title of Presentation: Fighting Ozone – A Multi-Tiered Approach 

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 Key Words: Air Emissions, NOX, Ozone, National Ambient Air Quality Standards, NAAQS

Abstract: Questions regarding the validity of ozone emission trend estimating methods and the effects of ozone to the health and welfare of the public have been raised for over 20-years, while at the same time the strategic complexity of ozone reduction plans have become even more convoluted.  This dynamic has led to divisiveness as leaders in opposing camps argue the rational, science, and delegated legal authority of administrative agencies to set and enforce ozone policy in the United States. 

The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief background of NOx and VOC emission trends and a recent update of three major programs designed to reduce detrimental public health and welfare resulting from ground level ozone.  These programs include:  (1) The Nitrous Oxide State Implementation Plans (NOx SIP Call) and Section 126, (2) Recent activities surrounding the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone and NOx, and  (3) The New Source Review (NSR) program in relation to coal-fired utilities.