The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships announced air quality action days are forecast for Saturday in the Philadelphia region and Monday in the Berks/Lehigh Valley and Susquehanna Valley regions.

The Air Quality Partnership of the Delaware Valley has issued a code RED forecast for Saturday for Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties, and anticipates unhealthy levels of ozone to continue through the weekend. Action days may also be announced for Sunday and Monday.

· The air quality forecast says Monday will be code ORANGE for ozone in the Berks/Lehigh Valley and Susquehanna Valley areas.

· The Berks/Lehigh Valley region includes Berks, Lehigh and Northampton counties; and

· The Susquehanna Valley region includes Cumberland, Lebanon, Dauphin, Lancaster and York counties.

More details of the announcement are available online.

Visit the PA Air Quality Partnership webpage for more background on Air Quality Action Days.

6/6/2008