ZERO KILOMETER-KILOMETER NOL INDONESIA: Toughened ozone rule falls short of recommendation

ZERO KILOMETER SABANG-INDONESIA

KILOMETER NOL SABANG-INDONESIA

ZERO KILOMETER REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, SABANG-NAD
KILOMETER NOL REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, SABANG-NAD

DARI SISI SEBELAH KIRI TUGU KILOMETER NOL REPUBLIK INDONESIA TERLIHAT PEMANDANGAN KE ARAH SAMUDERA HINDIA, DARI KEJAUHAN TERLIHAT PULAU BREUEH

JAKARTA, MARCH 13, 2008

Toughened ozone rule falls short of recommendation

(RACHMAD YULIADI NASIR,rbacakoran at yahoo dot com)

INDEPENDENT-The Environmental Protection Agency toughened standards for ozone pollution on Wednesday, but these new requirements are more lax than the agency's own scientists recommended.

Stephen Johnson, the agency's chief, said he complied with the Clean Air Act and with scientific data in setting the new ozone standard at 75 parts per billion in ambient air in the United States. The previous standard was 80 parts per billion.

The EPA's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee recommended, however, a standard of 60 to 70 parts per billion, with the lower level suggested for children who are more vulnerable to ozone pollution, a prime component of smog.

Industries had urged the government to retain the higher standard, citing the high cost of meeting the new requirement.

"The regulation I signed today is compelled by the Clean Air Act and the most recent scientific data on the effects of ozone on human health," Johnson told reporters in a telephone briefing. "Since EPA last updated ozone standards ... scientific studies have indicated that ozone's health impacts are more significant and certain than we previously understood."

Unlike stratospheric ozone, which forms a protective layer high above Earth's surface, ground-level ozone can make it hard to breathe and aggravate asthma and other respiratory conditions. It also can damage plants, making disease and reduced crop yields more likely.

People most vulnerable to lung problems from ozone pollution include children and teens, the elderly, those with asthma and other lung ailments and those who work or exercise outdoors.

Kilometer Nol

or Zero Kilometer
Kilometer Zero Point lies at the westernmost end of Indonesia.
A monument has been erected here in the middle of a protected nature reserve. Its location is some 8 km from the tourist area of Iboih.

ZERO KILOMETER AT SABANG-NAD
KILOMETER NOL SABANG-NAD

SABANG FROM AIR, YOU CAN SEE DANAU ANEUK LAUT-ANEUK LAUT LAKE, TELUK SABANG-SABANG BAY, PULAU KLAH-KLAH ISLAND, PULAU RUBIAH-RUBIAH ISLAND AND PULAU SEULAKO-SEULAKO.
UJUNG PULAU, TERDAPAT KILOMETER NOL, BILA MENGGUNAKAN TEROPONG TERLIHAT JUGA PULAU RONDO DI KEJAUHAN GARIS PANTAI YANG INDAH.

CORAL REEF AT SEA GARDEN OF RUBIAH ISLAND-SABANG

RACHMAD YULIADI NASIR
Bank Muamalat Indonesia (BMI)Arthaloka : 913-22775-99
www.the-independent-news.blogspot.com
www.halamansatu.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=349&itemid=50

RACHMAD YULIADI NASIR
Bank Muamalat Indonesia (BMI)Arthaloka : 913-22775-99
www.the-independent-news.blogspot.com
www.halamansatu.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=349&itemid=50