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Air Quality Standards and Attainment Status


Process to Determine Whether Areas Meet the NAAQS ...

If the air quality in a geographic area meets or is cleaner than the national standard, it is called an attainment area (designated “attainment/unclassifiable”); ...

Air Quality Standards and Attainment Status

To attain this standard, the 3-year average of the 98th percentile of the daily maximum 1-hour average at each monitor within an area must not exceed 0.100ppm ( ...

Nonattainment Areas for Criteria Pollutants (Green Book) | US EPA

... pollution levels persistently exceed the national ambient air quality ... Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) designations, classifications and nonattainment status.

Attainment Status of National Ambient Air Quality Standards - NC DEQ

Areas of the nation that meet the NAAQS are attainment areas, while areas that exceed one or more NAAQS are nonattainment areas. The EPA requires states to ...

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) - Attainment Status

The Clean Air Act requires U.S. EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for pollutants considered harmful to public health ...

Ambient Air Quality Standards & Valley Attainmnet Status

Ambient Air Quality Standards & Attainment Status ; Designation/Classification. Federal Standards · State Standards · Ozone - One hour, Revoked ; Averaging Time ...

Air Quality Standards & Attainment Planning

Air quality standards define clean air. They tell us how much of a substance can be in the air without causing harm, based on proven scientific and medical ...

Air Quality Pollutants and Standards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common pollutants (referred to as criteria ...

National Ambient Air Quality Standards - Bad River Tribe

When monitored values rise above the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, the monitored area is considered out of attainment, or “in nonattainment”. Areas in ...

Attainment Status - Pennsylvania DEP

The Clean Air Act required EPA to classify areas that are designated as non-attainment for the ozone standard by the severity of their pollution. These ...

Attainment Status - San Diego County Air Pollution Control District

What is meant by attainment? An area is designated in attainment when it is in compliance with the National and/or California Ambient Air Quality Standards.

Meeting Air Quality Standards | Santa Barbara County Air Pollution ...

Air quality standards define clean air. They tell us how much of a substance can be in the air without causing harm, based on proven scientific and medical ...

Ambient Air Quality Standards Designation Tool

This tool allows users to explore the attainment status for various ambient air quality standards (AAQS) across the state.

Federal Planning

Maintenance plans for carbon monoxide and PM 10 are still required and are discussed below. Information on the air quality standards and attainment status for ...

Attainment Status for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards

The National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are health-based pollution standards set by EPA. Areas of the state that are below the NAAQS concentration ...

IDEM: State Implementation Plans: Air Quality Designations - IN.gov

An air quality designation indicates whether air quality in a particular area meets or does not meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ...

Air Planning | NAAQS and Attainment Area Status - NJDEP

The Federal Clean Air Act requires the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six ...

Ambient Air Quality Standards

These standards indicate the maximum amount of a pollutant that can be present in outdoor air without harm to the public's health. In some cases, the California ...

Criteria Pollutants | NH Department of Environmental Services

How Clean is New Hampshire's Air? Attainment status is a federal designation of whether the air quality in an entire state, or an area therein, meets the NAAQS.

Air Quality Attainment Planning - NC DEQ

To ensure that the State maintains the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), the branch utilizes photochemical grid modeling to determine what areas ...