Staff Report: Initial Statement of Reasons for Ozone Standard Review

This page last reviewed November 24, 2009

The Staff Report titled "Review of the California Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone" can be downloaded below. The report was prepared by the staff of the Air Resources Board (ARB) and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and contains findings and recommendations for revising the California standards for Ozone and establishing new California standards for Ozone.

The draft version of this Staff Report was released to the public on June 21, 2004 for public review and comment. The draft Staff Report was also reviewed by the Air Quality Advisory Committee, a scientific peer review committee, appointed by the University of California, to independently evaluate the scientific basis of staff findings and recommendations. Details of the review process are available on the Ozone Standards Review website.

The recommendations discussed in the report were presented at a public hearing to consider amendments to the Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone on April 28, 2005, in El Monte, California.

Please check the links below for the PDF versions of the staff report.

Volume One of the Report (Chapters 1 - 2 and Appendix A)	Volume One of the "Review of the California Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone" in PDF format (386 KB)
Volume Two of the Report (Chapters 3 - 8)	Volume Two of the "Review of the California Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone" in PDF format (4,851 KB)
Volume Three of the Report (Chapters 9 - 11)	*Volume* *Three of the* "Review of the California Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone" in PDF format (2,843 KB)
Volume Four of the Report (Appendices B - G)	*Volume Four of the*** "Review of the California Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone" in PDF format (5,843 KB)

For more information on review of the ozone ambient air quality standard, please contact
Dr. Linda Smith at (916) 327-8225.