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� <br />ENVIROND�ENTAL ISSUES STITDY GROTTP <br />GQAL #2: TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE AIR AND WATER QUALITY WITH <br />POLLUTION PREVENTTON AS THE PRIMARY FOCUS. <br />STRATEGIBS- <br />• Obtain comprehensive environmental inventories (surface <br />waters, wetlands, groundwater, wildlife and habitat, air <br />and water quality) and publish results to elicit <br />community support and involvement and to guide city plans <br />and policies; <br />s Develop standards for outdoor air quality, monitor that <br />they are being met and provide corrective action when <br />they are no�; <br />• Develop and maintain standards for air and water <br />emissions, inc�uding run-off from both public and private <br />lands; <br />• Manage and reduce public and private use of fertilizers <br />and pesticides; <br />• Evaluate the condition of woodlands, lakes, wetlands and <br />grasslands, conserve and replenish them; <br />• Phase out all tobacco smoking in public buildings, <br />transportation vehicles, businesses and industries by the <br />year 2000; <br />� Study the consequences of road salt pollution and <br />evaluate altiernatives to minimize its use; <br />• Increase greenery, to absorb air and water pollutants; <br />• Levy large fines for open-space dumping. <br />