EPA Declares Several Ozone 'Nonattainment' Areas Achieving Air Standard

EPA says that 17 out of 36 areas previously designated as being in “marginal nonattainment” with its 2008 ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) are now achieving the limit and can be reclassified to attainment, though questions linger about how many nonattainment areas might be created by a potential future stricter NAAQS. In a proposal slated for publication in the Aug. 27 Federal Register , EPA also says that 11 of the 36 areas that were marginally exceeding the...