Provide construction permit and operating permit training and application assistance, especially for small businesses. Revise St. Louis State Implementation Plan to reduce the emissions of volatile organic compounds by an additional nine percent, if St. Louis is reclassified as a serious non-attainment area. Implement an ambient air monitoring network to provide air quality monitoring at sites throughout the state. Increase the number of consultations with industry regarding the economic benefit of practices that reduce air pollution. Audit asbestos removal training courses so all workers handling asbestos receive training in the proper techniques.
Proper training minimizes health risks to the public and the worker.
Implement an emissions trading program to encourage the most cost efficient methods of reducing air emissions. Objective 2 Reduce the average quarterly concentrations of lead in ambient air. Objective Measures Reduced quarterly lead concentration levels near lead smelters Reduction in the average blood lead levels in children as measured by the Missouri Department of Health Strategy Implement and develop State Implementation Plans for lead facilities with compliance schedules and contingency measures. By 2005, reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels. Greenhouse Gas Source Inventory, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Trends Report, Report of Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Options, and Greenhouse Gas Fact Sheets.