They contain the boundary shapes for all of the areas that were designated nonattainment for a standard revision. Aug 18, 2011 the term nonattainment indicates that a specific geographic area has air quality that does not meet the national ambient air quality standards for one or more criteria air pollutants. History of ozone in colorado department of public health. Is there a file export that shows the nonattainment status of all counties over a. Epa home green book green book green book nonattainment areas. Nonattainment status for each county by year, october 2007.
A marginal designation is the least stringent classification for a nonattainment area and doesnt require the state to submit a formal state implementation plan sip. Current nonattainment counties for all criteria pollutants data is current as of march 31, 2020 the 8hour ozone 1997 standard was revoked on april 6, 2015 and the 1hour ozone 1979 standard was revoked on june 15, 2005. County designated nonattainment or maintenance for 1 naaqs pollutants the national ambient air quality standards naaqs are health standards for carbon monoxide, lead 1978 ans 2008, nitrogen dioxide, 8hour ozone1997 and 2008, particulate matter pm10. Epa home green book the green book nonattainment areas the green book nonattainment areas for criteria pollutants as of july 02, 2014 view federal register notices published or effective after this green book was posted. Federal register implementation of the 2015 national. Epa rules clean air act allows new sources in nonattainment areas 7 elr 10029 the environmental protection agency epa has issued an interpretive policy ruling 1 under which construction of major 2 new or expanded stationary sources of air pollution could in certain circumstances be allowed in areas that have not attained the national ambient air quality standards.
Transportation conformity guidance for quantitative hotspot analyses in pm9 and pmtn nonattainment and. Green book carbon monoxide 1971 area information this section provides detailed information about nonattainment area designations for the carbon monoxide 1971 national ambient air. Information from the epa about eighthour ozone nonattainment areas can be viewed at the epa s green book 8hour ozone 2008 area information webpage. Information is current as of the green book posted date and is available in reports, maps and data downloads. Determining attainment dates for different types of.
These statecounty reports list the annual nonattainment and maintenance status of each county by designated area name by naaqs. A downloads link provides access to data exports, gis shapefiles, and. This statecounty report lists the annual nonattainment status of each county by naaqs. Epa home green book the green book nonattainment areas the green book nonattainment areas for criteria pollutants questions concerning the status of nonattainment areas, their classification and epa policy should be directed to. Green book sulfur dioxide 2010 area information us epa. Nonattainment areas for criteria pollutants green book us epa. Naaqs designations, classifications, and nonattainment status. Attainment versus nonattainment idaho department of. Lake michigan up into the fox valley and into green bay. Nonattainment areas for the 1987 daily coarse particle. Epa home green book select a state select a state data is current as of march 31, 2020 alaska arizona california colorado connecticut. Current nonattainment counties for all criteria pollutants green. On august 23, 2001, epa published a finding that the two areas had attained the pm10 standard by their respective attainment dates.
Marginal nonattainment bexar county, effective september 24, 2018 83 fr 356. May 22, 2019 after epa establishes or revises a primary andor secondary national ambient air quality standard naaqs, the clean air act requires epa to designate areas as attainment meeting, nonattainment not meeting, or unclassifiable insufficient data after monitoring data is collected by state, local and tribal governments. On april 7, 2015, the environmental protection agency epa published amendments to the january 15, 2015, final rule designating areas for compliance with the 20 primary annual national ambient air quality standard naaqs for fine particulate matter pm2. Whole or part county nonattainment status by year for all criteria pollutants. However, the designation status in 40 cfr part 81 remains moderate nonattainment for both areas until such time as idaho meets the clean air act requirements for redesignations to attainment. United states environmental protection agency c, air quality planning and standards research triangle park. This report includes only counties designated nonattainment, ordered by state, county, naaqs. Interactive maps are available from each naaqs page with current status information. Nonattainment and maintenance areas for the current 8hour ozone naaqs obtained from epa s green book. On january 19, 2010, the epa published its extension of the deadline for promulgating initial area designations for the 2008 eighthour ozone standard by one year. Green book lead 1978 area information this section provides detailed information about designations and the nonattainment area status for the lead 1978 national ambient air quality standards naaqs. Output from this report may be downloaded in xls and dbf formats from the data download section of the green book under the phistory heading. Environmental protection agency epa will lower the current national ambient air quality standard naaqs for ozone from 75 ppb to 70, here is a map showing what sections of the country will be most affected by the revision.
An arealevel list of nonattainment and maintenance area status. Epa home green book nonattainment status for each county by year nonattainment status for each county by year including previous 1hour ozone counties listed by state, county, pollutant then area as of december 16, 2008 1992 starting year is based on 40 cfr part 81 designations. If an area exceeds epa s naaqs for ground level ozone or fine particulate matter, local governments may be directly affected or have specific responsibilities such as implementing an emissions testing program. This story map was created with the story map series application in arcgis online. What businesses need to know about national ambient air quality standards and nonattainment the federal clean air act requires u. The external data files contain the current area status information, indicating the reclassification and whether an area is nonattainment or has been redesignated to maintenance at the time of the green book. State and federal area designations indicate how each area in california fares in relation to the ambient air quality standards, which identify outdoor pollutant levels considered safe for the public. Epa to set national ambient air quality standards for pollutants considered harmful to public health and the environment. As construction began, several environmental groups brought suit because the army corps of engineers and the department of homeland security had not complied with federal law. In april 2004, the us environmental protection agency designated the denver metronorth front range adams, arapahoe, boulder, broomfield, denver, douglas, jefferson and parts of larimer and weld counties as nonattainment for the 1997 8hour ozone standard, but deferred the effective date of the classification in return for a commitment from the state of colorado, the regional air quality. Green book 8hour ozone 1997 area information naaqs revoked this section provides detailed information about designations, classifications and the status of the nonattainment areas at the time of the 8hour ozone 1997 national ambient air quality standards naaqs revocation on april 6, 2015. Epa office of air and radiation oar office of air quality planning and standards oaqps web service contains the following state level layers related to nonattainment areas and designations. The epa designated 224 counties including some partial counties in 20 states, as well as the district of columbia, as pm 2. For more information on attainment status, visit the epa s green book webpage regarding nonattainment areas for criteria.
Arcgis javascript arcgis online map viewer arcgis earth arcmap arcgis pro view footprint in. Determining attainment dates for different types of nonattainment areas rich damberg epa office of air quality and standards june 20, 2007. We further examined how the association varied with respect to countylevel naaqs designations by stratifying in two ways. The federal government is required to build a border fence along the u. Green book carbon monoxide 1971 area information us epa.
Part counties are only counted one time within groupings. Nonattainment areas for criteria pollutants green book attainment status update in 2015, epa established a new naaqs primary ozone standard of. Nonattainment status for each county by year report these statecounty reports list the annual nonattainment and maintenance status of each county by designated area name by national ambient air quality standard naaqs. Green book 1hour ozone 1979 area information naaqs revoked this section provides detailed information about designations, classifications and the status of the nonattainment areas at the time of the 1hour ozone 1979 national ambient air quality standards naaqs revocation. Attainmentunclassifiable, effective august 3, 2018 83 fr 25776. Epa home green book important notes important notes for the. Green book nonattainment areas missouri nonattainment. Environmental protection agency, region 4 atlanta, ga.
Green book pm10 1987 area information this section provides detailed information about designations, classifications and the nonattainment area status for the pm10 1987 national ambient air quality standards naaqs. This section provides detailed information about designations, classifications and the nonattainment area status for the 8hour ozone 2015 national ambient air quality standards naaqs. Current nonattainment area counties for all criteria pollutants. Green book 8hour ozone 1997 area information naaqs. Output from this report may be downloaded in xls and dbf formats from the data download section of the green book under the nayro heading.
A leader in automotive vehicle and fleet management providing corporations with solutions to their fleet leasing and management needs. Nonattainment areas for criteria pollutants green book. After epa establishes or revises a primary andor secondary national ambient air quality standard naaqs, the clean air act requires epa to designate areas as attainment meeting, nonattainment not meeting, or unclassifiable insufficient data after monitoring data is collected by state, local and tribal governments. Green book lead 2008 area information this section provides detailed information about nonattainment areas designations for the lead 2008 national ambient air quality standards naaqs. Current nonattainment counties for all criteria pollutants. For more information on attainment status, visit the epa s green book webpage regarding nonattainment areas for criteria pollutants. Nonattainment year determined as of july 1 of each year. The clean air act, which was last amended in 1990, requires the united states environmental protection agency usepa to set national ambient air quality standards 40 cfr part 50 for pollutants considered harmful to public health and the environment. Current classification or at redesignation design values monitoring years design values meets naaqs determin. Attainmentunclassifiable, effective january 16, 2018 82 fr 54232. Nonattainment status for each county by year report. Green book 8hour ozone 2015 area information this section provides detailed information about designations, classifications and the nonattainment area status for the 8hour ozone 2015 national ambient air quality standards naaqs.
Design values are defined to be consistent with the individual naaqs as described in cfr part 50. The wasatch front and parts of the uinta basin were designated as marginal nonattainment areas for ozone this week by the epa. Projected ozone nonattainment areas american legislative. They are typically used to designate and classify nonattainment areas, as well as to assess progress towards meeting the naaqs. Area designations are based on the most recent available air quality data and are compared to the ambient air quality standards to indicate the healthfulness of air quality throughout the state.
State and federal area designations california air. Dec 21, 2004 the us environmental protection agency epa has designated areas for the fine particle national ambient air quality standards. Green book pm10 1987 area information nonattainment. On october 1, 2015, the united states environmental protection agency epa revised the 8hour ozone national ambient air quality standard, or naaqs, from 0. Oct 02, 2015 projected ozone nonattainment areas john eick october 2, 2015 following yesterdays news that the u. The clean air acts national ambient air quality standards chapter. This section provides detailed information about designations and the nonattainment area status for the so 2 2010 national ambient air quality standards naaqs. A listing of all areas in nonattainment as of the green book posting date. Labor market impacts from ozone nonattainment status. This section provides detailed information about designations, classifications and the nonattainment area status for the pm2. Learn about clean air act nonattainment area and county information for criteria pollutants. Transportation conformity guidance for quantitative hot. A second round of area designations was effective september 12, 2016. Green book nonattainment areas missouri nonattainment maintenance status for each county by year for all criteria pollutants as of april 22, 2016.
National ambient air quality standards naaqs attainment status. Green book frequent questions nonattainment areas for. Currently designated nonattainment areas for all criteria. Epa home green book carbon monoxide 1971 maintenance stateareacounty report redesignated from nonattainment. Reporting travel data in air quality nonattainment and maintenance areas introduction. Counties designated nonattainment or maintenance for clean air acts national ambient air quality standards naaqs main street from ansley. These statecounty reports list the annual nonattainment and maintenance status of each.
Green book lead 1978 area information nonattainment. Green book lead 2008 area information nonattainment. The dfw nonattainment area includes nine of the ten counties that were designated nonattainment under the 2008 eighthour ozone but does not include rockwall county, which. Green book national area and countylevel multipollutant epa. The environmental protection agency epa is proposing nonattainment area classification thresholds and implementation requirements for the strengthened 2015 ozone national ambient air quality standards naaqs 2015 ozone naaqs that were promulgated on october 1, 2015. Multistate areas are counted only once in area totals, and are counted in maintenance totals when all states in the area have been redesignated.
Upper air observations were taken from the green bay, wisconsin nws. Failure to act on nonattainment status can result in a potential loss of federal highway funding for areas in nonattainment. To view a list of areas designated nonattainment, see epa s green book site. Epa home green book 8hour ozone 2015 nonattainment area areastatecounty report 8hour ozone 2015 nonattainment area areastate. Green book sulfur dioxide 2010 area information this section provides detailed information about designations and the nonattainment area status for the so 2 2010 national ambient air quality standards naaqs. Wisconsin is required to submit a plan to epa demonstrating how the partial. The hpms is a consistent, efficient mechanism through which travel tracking information can be developed.
To minimize burden and avoid duplication of efforts by states, mpos, and local governments for travel monitoring and data reporting, epa has chosen to rely on the hpms as the. D l \ maintenance areas public draft transportation and regional programs division office of transportation and air quality u. Epa designates marginal nonattainment areas in utah. Green book 1hour ozone 1979 area information us epa. New mexico environment department air quality bureau. Epa has air quality standards for the following criteria pollutants. This section provides detailed information about designations, classifications and the nonattainment area status for the pm10 1987 national. Ohio epa will hold an online public meeting to discuss the draft wastewater discharge permit and application renewal submitted by fluorbwxt portsmouth llc to discharge water into the scioto river, little beaver creek, big run, and the west ditch. This section provides detailed information about nonattainment area designations for the carbon monoxide 1971 national ambient air quality standards naaqs.
Us epa nonattainment areas and designationsso2 2010 naaqs. New jerseylong island, nynjct nonattainment 8hr ozone 2008 new yorkn. On november 20, 2007, the denver metropolitan and north front range areas including portions of weld county were designated as non attainment with the 8hour federal ozone standard meaning these areas exceeded the national ambient air quality standards for ozone. Nonattainment areas for the 1987 daily coarse particle standards. Ozone 8hr 1997 standard, ozone 8hr 2008 standard, lead 2008. Thirteen of new jersey s 21 counties were designated as nonattainment for the 1997 annual standards, and were associated with two multistate nonattainment areas, the northern new jerseynew york connecticut nnjnyct nonattainment area and the southern new jerseyphiladelphia snjpade nonattainment area. The green book nonattainment areas for criteria pollutants. Once a nonattainment area meets the standards, epa will designate it as maintenance. The epa green book provides detailed information about area national ambient air quality standards naaqs designations, classifications and nonattainment status. County subtotals and grand totals may not equal sum of the counties.
Epa air quality update environmental show of the south chattanooga, tn may 15, 2019 lynorae benjamin, acting chief air planning and implementation branch u. Jul 18, 2018 levels of smogproducing ozone in san antonios air have finally triggered what local officials have long feared a designation of non attainment by the environmental protection agency. Currently, for the 2015 ozone national ambient air quality standards naaqs the most stringent ozone standard all of wyomings counties are meeting the standard and are in the process to be designated as attainmentunclassifiable by the u. The asterisk indicates only a portion of the county is included in the designated nonattainment area na.