I. Ambient Air Quality Rating Color ratings benchmarked on WHO guidelines:
SO2 in 2001 23 Green 33 Blue 20 Yellow 6 Red 4 Black
TSP in 2001 0 Green 0 Blue 8 Yellow 23 Red 34 Black
II. Ambient Quality Change (2000-2001)
SO2 Change between 2000 and 2001 6 Green 16 Blue 23 Yellow 18 Red 22 Black
TSP Change between 2000 and 2001 3 Green 16 Blue 33 Yellow 6 Red 5 Black
III. Aggregate Performance Ratings in 2001
Overall Ratings in 2001 11 Green 30 Blue 23 Yellow 16 Red 6 Black
Program #3: Community Environmental Dialogue Objective: Promote communications and mutual understandings at the community level; Appraise good performers and generate pressures on bad performers Improve environmental awareness and promote public participation in environmental management
Pilots 2000, Pre-feasibility studies: 2002, Feasibility studies: Towns in Tianjin, Guizhou and Jiangsu 2002, Feasibility studies: Danyang county (Southern Jiangsu) Funing county (Northern Jiangsu) 2004, Jiangsu expansion Feasible and effective Beyond environment
Participants County EPB (supervision and technical support) Town leaders (organizers) Plant managers Citizen representatives
Procedure Meeting chair: county EPB Local socio-economic report: town leaders Local environmental report: EPB specialists Pollution reports: plant managers Community reaction: citizen representatives Meeting summary and agreements: town leaders
Major Challenges: Legal: Environmental Information Management Procedure Political: NGO development Technical & Financial: Data availability
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