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National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone
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Based on its review of the air quality criteria for ozone (O<INF>3</INF>) and related photochemical oxidants and national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for O<INF>3</INF>, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to make revisions to the primary and secondary NAAQS for O<INF>3</INF> to provide requisite protection of public health and welfare, respectively. The EPA is proposing to revise the primary standard to a level within the range of 0.065 to 0.070 parts per million (ppm), and to revise the secondary standard to within the range of 0.065 to 0.070 ppm, which air quality analyses indicate would provide air quality, in terms of 3-year average W126 index values, at or below a range of 13-17 ppm-hours. The EPA proposes to make corresponding revisions in data handling conventions for O<INF>3</INF> and conforming changes to the Air Quality Index (AQI); to revise regulations for the prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) program to add a transition provision for certain applications; and to propose schedules and convey information related to implementing any revised standards. The EPA is proposing changes to the O<INF>3</INF> monitoring seasons, the Federal Reference Method (FRM) for monitoring O<INF>3</INF> in the ambient air, Federal Equivalent Method (FEM) procedures for testing, and the Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations (PAMS) network. Along with proposing exceptional event schedules related to implementing any revised O<INF>3</INF> standards, the EPA is proposing to apply this same schedule approach to other future revised NAAQS and to remove obsolete regulatory language for expired exceptional event deadlines. The EPA is proposing to make minor changes to the procedures and time periods for evaluating potential FRMs and equivalent methods (including making the requirements for nitrogen dioxide consistent with the requirements for O<INF>3</INF>) and to remove an obsolete requirement for the annual submission of documentation by manufacturers of certain particulate matter monitors. For additional information, see the Executive Summary, section I.A.
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Proposed rule.
Based on its review of the air quality criteria for ozone (O<INF>3</INF>) and related photochemical oxidants and national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for O<INF>3</INF>, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to make revisions to the primary and secondary NAAQS for O<INF>3</INF> to provide requisite protection of public health and welfare, respectively. The EPA is proposing to revise the primary standard to a level within the range of 0.065 to 0.070 parts per million (ppm), and to revise the secondary standard to within the range of 0.065 to 0.070 ppm, which air quality analyses indicate would provide air quality, in terms of 3-year average W126 index values, at or below a range of 13-17 ppm-hours. The EPA proposes to make corresponding revisions in data handling conventions for O<INF>3</INF> and conforming changes to the Air Quality Index (AQI); to revise regulations for the prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) program to add a transition provision for certain applications; and to propose schedules and convey information related to implementing any revised standards. The EPA is proposing changes to the O<INF>3</INF> monitoring seasons, the Federal Reference Method (FRM) for monitoring O<INF>3</INF> in the ambient air, Federal Equivalent Method (FEM) procedures for testing, and the Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations (PAMS) network. Along with proposing exceptional event schedules related to implementing any revised O<INF>3</INF> standards, the EPA is proposing to apply this same schedule approach to other future revised NAAQS and to remove obsolete regulatory language for expired exceptional event deadlines. The EPA is proposing to make minor changes to the procedures and time periods for evaluating potential FRMs and equivalent methods (including making the requirements for nitrogen dioxide consistent with the requirements for O<INF>3</INF>) and to remove an obsolete requirement for the annual submission of documentation by manufacturers of certain particulate matter monitors. For additional information, see the Executive Summary, section I.A.
Written comments on this proposed rule must be received by March 17, 2015.
Ms. Susan Lyon Stone, Health and Environmental Impacts Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code C504-06, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: (919) 541-1146; fax: (919) 541-0237; email: stone.susan@epa.gov.
Environmental Protection
Air Pollution Control
Carbon Monoxide
Lead
Nitrogen Dioxide
Ozone
Particulate Matter
Sulfur Oxides
Administrative Practices and Procedures
Intergovernmental Relations
Environmental Protection
Incorporation by Reference
Administrative Practice and Procedure
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone
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