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The head of the epa just announced a new standard that reduces the amount of Lead allowed in the air. How will this effect our use of 100ll?
EPA signs new reduced lead in air standards
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Anthony
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There is an article in this month's AOPA Pilot mag about it, but it doesn't specifically say if it will have an immediate effect or not.
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The EPA has 200 air quality monitors and proposes to add a couple hundred more. Lead levels will be based on averages.
The location of the monitors will have more to do with any impact on GA than anything else. I get the sense they will be looking primarily for industrial sources of airborne lead. But even if they park some downwind of an airport, an individual aircraft will not even be a blip on the monthly averages. The airport itself might raise a red flag if it's very busy with piston airplanes.
All in all, I think the recent announcement is not a cause for concern. Eventually a no-lead alternative will have to be found, for economic reasons if not EPA reasons. This development does not change that one way or the other.
The location of the monitors will have more to do with any impact on GA than anything else. I get the sense they will be looking primarily for industrial sources of airborne lead. But even if they park some downwind of an airport, an individual aircraft will not even be a blip on the monthly averages. The airport itself might raise a red flag if it's very busy with piston airplanes.
All in all, I think the recent announcement is not a cause for concern. Eventually a no-lead alternative will have to be found, for economic reasons if not EPA reasons. This development does not change that one way or the other.