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Air Pollution: Reliability and Adequacy of Air Quality Dispersion Models

RCED-88-192 Published: Aug 24, 1988. Publicly Released: Sep 27, 1988.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the status and results of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA): (1) testing of its air quality dispersion models to determine their reliability; and (2) efforts to develop additional models to meet identified needs.

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