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Provo and Salt Lake County recently came into compliance with air quality standards for PM2.5.

This is the first time compliance has been achieved in 15 years.

The milestone means the air we breathe is getting cleaner.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that the Salt Lake City and Provo areas have met the 2006 PM2.5 24-hour National Ambient Air Quality Standard targets and are now in attainment after 15 years.

“The people of Utah deserve clean air and practical solutions that recognize the realities of life in the Salt Lake City and Provo areas,” said EPA Regional Administrator Cyrus Western.

“Meeting the PM2.5 standard underscores all of the hard work that Utah has done over the past decade to improve air quality. This demonstrates that Utah can m

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