The EPA is considering tightening the rules that determine how much particle pollution is acceptable. KPBSErik says it is the first possible revision in more than a decade.
State officials consider those neighborhoods to have some of the highest health risks to residents in California.
The EPA proposal suggests lowering the current standard from 12 micro grams per cubic meter of air, to nine or 10.
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