Federal Land Managers’ Air Quality Related Values Work Group (FLAG): Response to Public Comments on Revised Phase I Report (2010)
U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2010. Federal Land Managers’ Air Quality Related Values Work Group (FLAG): Response to Public Comments on Revised Phase I Report (2010). U.S. Forest Service/National Park Service
The Federal Land Managers’ Air Quality Related Values Work Group (FLAG) was formed to develop a more consistent approach for the Federal Land Managers (FLMs) to evaluate air pollution effects on their resources. The primary–but not sole–focus of FLAG is the New Source Review (NSR) program, especially with respect to the review of Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) of air quality permit applications. The goals of FLAG have been to provide consistent policies and processes both for identifying air quality related values (AQRVs) and for evaluating the effects of air pollution on AQRVs. While the primarily focus of AQRV protection has been in Federal Class I air quality areas, we are also responsible for protecting AQRVs in Class II areas. FLAG members include representatives from the three primary agencies that administer the nation’s Federal Class I areas: the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Park Service (NPS) and Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service (FS).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- U.S. Forest Service; National Park Service; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Date of Issue
- 2010-10
- Publisher
- U.S. Forest Service/National Park Service