Regional haze definition

Regional haze means air pollution transported over long distances into Class I Areas that reduces visibility in those areas.
Regional haze means visibility impairment that is caused by the emission of air pollutants from numerous sources located over a wide geographic area. Such sources include, but are not limited to, major and minor stationary sources, mobile sources, and area sources.
Regional haze means concentrations of fine particles in the atmosphere extending up to hundreds of miles across a region and promoting noticeably hazy conditions and widespread visibility impairment.

Examples of Regional haze in a sentence

  • Regional haze refers to haze that impairs visibility in all directions over a large area.


More Definitions of Regional haze

Regional haze means visibility impairment that is caused by the emission of air
Regional haze means visibility impairment, measured in deciviews, occurring over a large geographic area caused by the cumulative emissions of gaseous and particulate air contaminants from numerous sources.