ASABE completes terminology standard for air quality.
Press Release Summary:
ASABE announces completion of ANSI/ASABE S588, Uniform Terminology for Air Quality. Use of terminology related to rural air quality has grown with increased focus by U.S. EPA and others on confined animal feedlot operations. Standard establishes uniformity in terms used in the field of rural air quality and serves as resource of useful new terms and definitions. It supplements existing ASTM standards and provides consensus definitions for more than 180 terms.
Original Press Release:
ASABE Completes Terminology Standard for Air Quality
ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN- The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) announces completion of ANSI/ASABE S588, Uniform Terminology for Air Quality. The use of terminology related to rural air quality has grown with the increased focus by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others on confined animal feedlot operations. The new standard establishes uniformity in terms used in the field of rural air quality and serves as a resource of useful new terms and definitions. It supplements existing ASTM standards and provides consensus definitions for more than 180 terms.
ASABE members with standards access and those with site-license privileges can access the full-text of the standard by electronic download in about a week. Location for the download is on the ASABE online Technical Library at: elibrary.asabe.org. Others can obtain a copy for a fee directly from the library or by contacting ASABE headquarters at martin@asabe.org.
ASABE is recognized worldwide as a standards developing organization for food, agricultural, and biological systems, with more than 240 standards currently in publication. Conformance to ASABE standards is voluntary, except where required by state, provincial, or other governmental requirements, and the documents are developed by consensus in accordance with procedures approved by the American National Standards Institute. For information on this or any other ASABE standard, contact Scott Cedarquist at 269-932-7031, cedarq@asabe.org. A current listing of all ASABE standards projects can be found on the ASABE web site at http://www.asabe.org/projects.
ASABE is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Further information on the Society can be obtained by contacting ASABE at (269) 429-0300, emailing hq@asabe.org or visiting http://www.asabe.org/.
