Las Vegas news briefs

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1998 | 11:05 a.m.

U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Grouup) and the Clean Air Network released a report, "Smog Threat '98," showing that Southern Nevada residents were exposed to the unhealthful levels of ozone, a pollutant that forms from car and truck exhausts combined with sunlight.

Monty Symmonds, air quality monitoring technician for the Clark County Health District's Air Pollution Control Division, said the new eight-hour standard was violated on 11 days at numerous monitoring sites.

The environmental groups said that despite 20 years of improving auto emissions, the number of miles has grown from an annual total of 1 trillion in 1970 to 3 trillion miles today.

SCHOOL ZONING -- The panel that studies school zoning changes will soon begin its fall meetings. The Attendance Zone Advisory Commission of the Clark County School District is a citizen committee that reviews student attendance areas and makes change recommendations to the school board.

The district rezones schools by re-drawing school boundary lines, which effectively sends students at crowded schools to less crowded schools.

The public is welcome to attend meetings in the board room of the Education Center, 2832 E. Flamingo Road: 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 20; 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 10; 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 16; 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 17; and 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 24.