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DAILY AQI REPORT
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY...SPRINGFIELD IL
3PM CDT FRIDAY OCTOBER 12 2012
  
THIS IS THE AIR QUALITY INDEX..AQI..REPORT FOR THE CHICAGO
METROPOLITAN AREA ENDING AT 3PM TODAY...
   
                AQI    DESCRIPTOR      CRITICAL            TOMORROW
    SECTOR     VALUE    CATEGORY       POLLUTANT           FORECAST
                                                                      
LAKE COUNTY....  25       GOOD           OZONE               GOOD 
                                                       
CHICAGO........  25       GOOD           OZONE               GOOD
SOUTH & WEST                                           
SUBURBS........  26       GOOD      NITROGEN DIOXIDE         GOOD
NORTH & WEST                                           
SUBURBS........  26       GOOD           OZONE               GOOD
                                                       
AURORA-ELGIN...  21       GOOD           OZONE               GOOD
JOLIET/WILL                                            
COUNTY.........  24       GOOD           OZONE               GOOD
                                 
...REPORTS FOR OTHER METROPOLITAN AREAS ENDING AT 3PM TODAY...
   
ROCKFORD.......  21       GOOD           OZONE               GOOD
                                       
QUAD CITIES....  19       GOOD           OZONE               GOOD
                                                      
PEORIA.........  24       GOOD           OZONE               GOOD
CHAMPAIGN/                                                        
URBANA.........  25       GOOD           OZONE               GOOD
BLOOMINGTON/                                                      
NORMAL.........  27       GOOD           OZONE               GOOD
                                                                  
DECATUR........  25       GOOD           OZONE               GOOD
                                                                  
SPRINGFIELD....  26       GOOD           OZONE               GOOD 
METRO EAST/           
EAST ST LOUIS..  29       GOOD        PARTICULATES           GOOD
    
AQI RANGES AND CATEGORIES... 0 TO 50...GOOD   51 TO 100...MODERATE
101 TO 150...UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS   151 TO 200...UNHEALTHY  
201 TO 300...VERY UNHEALTHY   301 TO 500...HAZARDOUS   
   
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE ILLINOIS EPA AT 217 785 8911
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