On Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designated 5 counties in Pennsylvania marginal nonattainment areas for the federal 70 ppb ground level ozone standard.  The counties are: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia.

In April of 2017 the Department of Environmental Protection recommended to EPA these 5 counties and Lebanon County be considered nonattainment areas.

Pennsylvania is not required to submit a plan for meeting the ozone standard for marginal nonattainment areas, but must still meet the three-year maximum attainment date.

Click Here for copies of recommendations on nonattainment designations made to EPA by DEP and EPA’s responses.

NewsClips:

Kummer: EPA: Philadelphia Fails To Meet Smog Standards

Hopey: Western PA Meets Smog Standard, Barely

More Money From Allegheny County’s Clean Air Fund Goes To Office Renovation

Hopey: Race, Gender, Location Disparities Found In Allegheny County Study Of Death Rates

Rep. Gainey, Advocates Call For Fleet Of Electric Buses In Pittsburgh Area

PA Should Transition To Electric Buses, Advocacy Group Says

PA, 16 Other States Sue Over Plan To Scrap Federal Car Emission Standards

EPA Ozone Designations Raise Concerns Of Political Influence

Op-Ed: State Officials Need To Protect PA From Trump’s EPA, Joe Minott, Clean Air Council

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[Posted: May 4, 2018]

5/7/2018