2008 OZONE NAAQS: Regulatory Update

airtox — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 17:46:12 +0000

On August 19^th, 2015, the EPA proposed to take action on the 36 Marginal non-attainment areas under the 2008 Ozone NAAQS. Below is a summary of the EPA’s three proposals on these areas:

1. 17 of these areas will receive attainment status based on 2012-2014 certified data.

2. 8 areas will receive 1-year attainment date extensions based on their 4^th highest daily maximum 8-hour value in 2014.

3. 11 areas will be bumped to “moderate” status, as they did not meet attainment based on 2012-2014 certified data. This implies that a revised SIP must be submitted for affected states. The Moderate attainment deadline is July 20^th, 2018.

In Connecticut, the Greater Hartford area along with the New York, New Jersey, Long Island area (which includes part of CT) were not attaining and not eligible for a 1-year extension. Connecticut will have to revise their SIP accordingly.

For a complete list of EPA attainment/nonattainment area designations, see link below:

http://www.epa.gov/ozonepollution/pdfs/20150819fr.pdf

If you have any questions on how this may affect your facility, please contact AIRTOX.

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