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EPA Will Issue Final Standards By March 12, 2005. Based On That Date, EPA Estimates The Following Implementation Schedule: - By June 2009: States make recommendations for areas to be designated attainment and nonattainment. - By June 2010: EPA makes final designations of attainment and nonattainxnent areas. Those designations would become effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. - 2013: State Implementation Plans, outlining how states will reduce pollution to meet the standards, are due to EPA (three years after designations). - 2013 to 2030: States axe required to meet the standard, with deadlines depending on the severity of the problem. (EnvieonmentalPmtection Agency, ht_pt ~//amw ep~;oe/tidozonepollution /pdfs/2tNl'06?tl fs ~df, Accessed 9/11/0'/) Process of Reviewing The Standatds "The Clean Air Act Requires EPA To Review The Scientific Information And The Standards For Ground-Level Ozone Every Five Years. "Reviewing the National Ambient Aix Quality Standards is a lengthy undertaking. First, EPA develops a `criteria document.' This criteria document is a compilation and evaluation of the latest scientific knowledge that is useful in assessing the health and welfare effects of ozone pollution. In developing this document, EPA must consider the advice of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC). "Based on the criteria document, EPA also develops a `staff paper' that helps translate the science into terms that can be used fox making policy decisions. The staff paper includes recommendations to the EPA Administrator about any revisions to the standards needed to ensure that they protect public health with an adequate margin of safety, and that they protect the environment and the public welfare. "Before either the criteria document or staff paper can be used as the basis for any policy decisions, they undergo rigorous review by the scientific community, industry, public interest groups, the general public and CASAC. Based on the scientific assessments in the criteria document and on the information and recommendations in the staff paper, the EPA Administrator determines whether it is appropriate to propose revisions to the standards." (EnvitonmeafelPmtecfinn Agency, htnr//wwm e~+2_goe/aidozanePollntiot/procesc.html, Accessed 9/11/0'!) How to Comment EPA Will Accept Public Comments Until October 9, 2007. Comments should be identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0172 and submitted by one of the following methods: - Federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.xegulations.gov); - e-mail (a-and-r-docket@epa.gov); - Mail (EPA Docket Centex, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460); or 3 / ~ ~~LO