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 current understanding of the science of haze formation and with the 

 legislation now in place. The regulation could take many forms but 

 should include consideration of New Source Review (NSR) emission 

 trading programs, the establishment of a secondary standard for 

 visibility impairing pollutants, and consideration of naturally 

 occurring pollutants such as those from burning, vegetation. We also 

 feel that Regional haze regulations should be tailored to individual 

 regions of the country. The development of these regulations should 

 be accompanied by a national strategy for accomplishing program 

 goals. The strategy should include a standard measure of visual air 

 quality, a monitoring program and milestone objectives which could be 

 adopted into State Implementation Plans. 



Are EPA' s research programs adequate to support the missions of the 

 Federal land managers? 



EPA's research programs are not adequate to independently support the 

 missions of the Federal land managers, nor should they be expected to 

 do so. EPA has a regulatory role and the Federal land agencies a 

 management role. The missions of the various Federal land managers 

 are diverse and it is important that the research programs of the 

 Federal Land Management agencies in the Department of the Interior and 

 the Department of Agriculture be coordinated and information shared 

 with one another, EPA, and the States. There are areas where EPA 

 could coordinate finite Federal resources such as researching the 

 effects and trends to ecosystems from air pollution and in sponsoring 

 atmospheric deposition research. Much remains to be learned about the 

 response of ecosystems and their components to air pollution and we 



