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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
813 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

...AIR POLLUTION WATCH LEVEL RED...

AIR POLLUTION WATCH - LEVEL RED - FOR DALLAS-FORT WORTH.

THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (TCEQ) HAS UPGRAGED
TODAYS AIR POLLUTION WATCH TO A LEVEL RED FOR THE DALLAS- FORT
WORTH AREA.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING
HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE AIR POLLUTION IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA
ON THURSDAY. OZONE LEVELS COULD REACH THE LEVEL RED "UNHEALTHY"
CATEGORY.

ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS OF OZONE CAN ACT AS A LUNG IRRITANT.
INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE, SUCH AS ASTHMA AND
EMPHYSEMA, AS WELL AS THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN, ARE
PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO OZONE AND SHOULD ATTEMPT TO AVOID
EXPOSURE.  TO AVOID EXPOSURE, MINIMIZE EXERTION OUTDOORS DURING
THE MID-DAY TO EARLY EVENING HOURS OR STAY INDOORS IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED ROOM DURING THIS TIME.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OZONE, VISIT THE TCEQ OZONE DATA PAGE:
(USE LOWER CASE LETTERS)
WWW.TCEQ.STATE.TX.US/NAV/DATA/OZONE_DATA.HTML

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM THE FOLLOWING
AGENCIES:

TCEQ DFW OFFICE, 817-588-5800

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
MS. AMANDA BRIMMER, 817-608-2354

CITY OF DALLAS
MR. JOHN KOLLER OR MR. DAVID MILLER, P.E., 214-948-4435

CITY OF FORT WORTH
MS. HAILY SUMMERFORD, 817-871-8570

TARRANT COUNTY
MR. SAM ADAMIE, R.S. OR MR. DAVID JEFFERSON, R.S., 817-321-4973

NORTH TEXAS CLEAN AIR COALITION
MS. SHANNON MORRIS, 972-621-0400

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
MR. JIM AFGHANI, 214-665-6613
OR
MR. JAN MONEYSMITH, 214-665-2729
OR
MR. JIM YARBROUGH, 214-665-7232

AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION
MS. TESSIE HOLLOWAY, 214-631-5864

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