Evaluating the effectiveness of air quality management within the Class I area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Peine JD, Randolph JC, Presswood JJ. 1995. Evaluating the effectiveness of air quality management within the Class I area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Environmental Management. 19(4):515-526
This paper summarizes the forum, sponsored by the Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Cooperative (SAMAB), held in March 1992 and addresses strategies to better manage air resources in the Southern Appalachians. The paper hopes to present a conceptual framework for more effective management of the Class I area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 designated national parks and wilderness areas larger than 1894 ha to be class I areas for air quality management, setting more restrictive criteria than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Class I areas are afforded the greatest degree of air quality protection under the Clear Air Act of 1970. In recent years, several studies have documented air pollution effects in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), the second-largest class I area in the eastern United States. Air pollution problems of greatest concern in the GSMNP are effects of acid deposition, visibility impairment, and tropospheric ozone. Several recent events have increased concerns about air quality management in the class I area of the GSMNP. A forum, sponsored by the Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Cooperative (SAMAB), was held in March 1992, which involved representative. parties-at-interest and began to address strategies for better management of air resources in the Southern Appalachians. This paper summarizes those discussions and recommendations and reports actions occurring as a result of the forum. Another objective of this paper is to present a conceptual framework for more effective management of the class I area of the GSMNP.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Peine, J; Randolph, J; Presswood, J
- Units
- ARD , GRSM
- Keywords
- AIRBIB, APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, ARD_Park-Air-Info_Collection, Class I Area, Deposition, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, Haze, Nitrogen, Ozone, SER, Southeast Region, Southern Appalachian Man Biosphere Cooperative, Sulfur, Visibility