The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has announced that 5 central Indiana counties are now meeting federal standards for particulates in the air. This includes Indianapolis (Marion County). This is the first time since 2004 the counties of Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and Morgan have passed the test.
This leaves only CLARK.... FLOYD.... and a part of JEFFERSON COUNTY (Madison area) as the only part of Indiana not to meet federal standards.
Part of this is weather related. Clark and Floyd counties get a lot of pollution coming in from Louisville and southern Indiana around Louisville has the lightest winds on average in the whole state so the particulates at times will just sit there. The last 3 summers have had stagnant weather conditions. It has not been as bad this summer so maybe there will be better news coming out next time.
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