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EPA Redesignates Allegheny Co. as in Attainment for 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS
Several months ago, we blogged about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to redesignate Allegheny County from nonattainment of the 2012 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter to attainment. We have an update: In the April 16 edition of the Federal Register, EPA published a Final Rule that does, in fact, redesignate Allegheny County to attainment of the 2012 NAAQS for PM2.5. To put it another way: It’s official, official now.
Apr 221 min read
EPA Proposes to Grant ACHD Request for Redesignation of Allegheny Co. to Attainment for National Standards for Fine Particulate Matter…in Part
Just about a year ago we blogged about the Allegheny County Health Department’s (ACHD) withdrawal of a request to the U.S....
Apr 16, 20252 min read
EPA Announces Scores of Environmental Regs it Plans to Gut - New PM 2.5 Standard Among Them
The EPA press releases were issued like thunderclaps Wednesday afternoon - boom, boom, boom: EPA Announces Action to Implement POTUS’s...
Mar 13, 20253 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Announces Withdrawal of Request for EPA Attainment Determination of PM2.5 Standard
A little more than a year-and-a-half ago, we blogged about the Clean Data Determination that the U.S Environmental Protection Agency...
Apr 22, 20242 min read
Act Now or Forever Hold Your Breath: Tell the EPA to Adopt Stronger PM2.5 Standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in January recommended strengthening the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for...
Feb 27, 20236 min read
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