Area Designations for State Ambient Air Quality Standards

This page last reviewed April 21, 2008

RULEMAKING TO CONSIDER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE AREA DESIGNATIONS FOR STATE AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS (November 16, 2006)

Public Comments Received

FINAL APPROVAL/OAL ACTION

OAL approved the rulemaking and filed it with the Secretary of State on June 26, 2007. The regulation will become effective on July 26, 2007.

Final Regulation Order as approved by OAL (PDF - 18K)

ADOPTED REGULATIONS AND MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO OAL

The Final Rulemaking Package was filed with OAL on May 14, 2007. OAL has until June 26, 2007 to make a determination.

Final Regulation Order See Revised Above
Final Statement of Reasons (PDF - 16K)
Notice of Decision and Response to Significant Environmental Issues (PDF - 4K)
Updated Informative Digest (PDF - 10K)

A business or person submitting a comment to a proposed regulation or proposed amendment or repeal of a regulation or any person who specifically request it has the right to request a copy of the Final Statement of Reasons (FSOR). Upon its completion, the Final Statement of Reasons (FSOR) will be available and copies may be requested from the agency contact persons, or may be obtained in electronic form from this web page.

HEARING ACTION AND SUPPLEMENTAL 15 DAY NOTICES

Resolution 06-41 (PDF- 17K)

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE AND RELATED MATERIAL

Notice of Public Hearing (PDF- 30K)

Staff Report: Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR) (PDF- 262K)

Attachment A ~ Area Designation Criteria (PDF- 130K)
Attachment B ~ Proposed Amendments to the Area Designations (PDF- 107K)
Attachment C ~ Maps and Tables of Area Designations for State and National Ambient Air Quality Standards (PDF- 2,668K)
Attachment D ~ Convention for Rounding Ambient Air Quality Data (PDF- 95K)
Attachment E ~ Procedure for Calculating State 8-Hour Ozone Concentrations (PDF- 91K)
Attachment F ~ Bibliography (PDF- 62K)

INFORMAL REGULATORY ACTIVITY

Rulemaking Activity for 2006