Final Rule to Strengthen the National Air Quality Health Standard for ...

On February 7, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection. Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to strengthen the nation's National Ambient Air Quality ...

Final Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards ...

On February 7, 2024, EPA strengthened the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter (PM NAAQS) to protect millions of Americans from ...

Final Rule to Strengthen the National Ambient Air Quality Standards ...

standard to ensure it adequately protects public health: o Recent studies suggest adverse health effects from exposure to PM. 2.5 are ...

US EPA Strengthens Air Quality Standards for Fine Particulate Matter

More specifically, U.S. EPA set an annual health-based national ambient air quality standard for PM 2.5 of 9 micrograms per cubic meter. This is ...

Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ...

Based on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) reconsideration of the air quality criteria and the national ambient air quality ...

EPA Finalized Stricter National Ambient Air Quality Standards ...

Dec. 2016 EPA releases the final review plan for the PM NAAQS review. EPA projects that the scientific review will be completed in Fall 2020 ...

In Final Rule, EPA Tightens Air Quality Standards for Particulates

The final rule, an update to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), lowers the allowable amount of fine particulate matter, also known as PM2.5,

EPA Finalizes Stronger National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ...

EPA, Final Rule to Strengthen the National Air Quality Health Standard for Particulate Matter: Fact Sheet (Feb. 7, 2024), https://www.epa.gov/ ...

Final Rule to Strengthen the PM NAAQS - Mass.gov

• Improve air quality for millions and prevent 1000s of ... https://www.epa.gov/pm-pollution/national-ambient-air-quality-standards-.

A Strengthened PM2.5 Standard is Here - Air Quality Portal - NC State

5 NAAQS became effective. With this final rule came a new primary annual standard of 9.0 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3), which was lowered ...

EPA Strengthens Air Pollution Rule to Protect Communities from Soot

Under the Clean Air Act, NAAQS set baseline national air quality standards for six common, harmful pollutants, including soot and ground-level ...

Federal Register/Vol. 89, No. 45/Wednesday, March 6, 2024/Rules ...

... (health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) National. Ambient Air Quality Standards. (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter (PM). More specifically ...

Particulate Matter/Clean Air Act National Ambient Air Quality Standard

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced today a final rule which will tighten the National Ambient Air Quality ...

2024 PM2.5 Annual Standard | NC DEQ

In May 2024, EPA tightened the annual health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standard for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) from 12.0 μg/m 3 to 9.0 μg/m 3.

Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ...

In June 2021, the Agency announced its decision to reconsider the 2020 PM NAAQS final action. The EPA is reconsidering the December 2020 ...

Air quality: Council gives final green light to strengthen standards in ...

The revised directive prioritises the health of EU citizens: it sets new air quality standards for pollutants to be reached by 2030 which are ...

Attainment Status of National Ambient Air Quality Standards - NC DEQ

EPA says lowering the standard will result in significant public health benefits, advance the economy and improve quality of life. Final designations will be ...

The National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate ...

PM2.5 Primary (Health) NAAQS: Final (2006), Proposed and Alternatives, and ... On August 8, 2011, EPA published a final rule replacing CAIR, the Cross-State Air ...

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone

In December 2020, the Trump EPA issued a final rule refusing to update the NAAQS for ground-level ozone from 2015 standards, despite significant scientific ...

AQD | National Ambient Air Quality 2024 Revision | ADEQ

EPA revised the annual primary (health-based) NAAQS for PM2.5 from 12.0 µg/m3 to 9.0 µg/m3. EPA revised the breakpoints in the Air Quality Index (AQI) for ...