2012 Area Designations

This page last reviewed January 30, 2013

RULEMAKING TO CONSIDER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE AREA DESIGNATIONS FOR STATE AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS



Public Comments

FINAL APPROVAL / OAL ACTION

OAL approved the rulemaking and filed it with the Secretary of State on January 22, 2013. The regulation will become effective on April 1, 2013.


 "Endorsed Approved" Form 400 and Final Regulation Order including "Endorsed Filed" by the Office of the Secretary of State  (PDF - 141K)

ADOPTED REGULATIONS AND MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO OAL 

Posted January 3, 2013

The Final Rulemaking Package was filed with OAL on January 2, 2013. OAL has until February 14, 2013 to make a determination.

Executive Order (PDF - 21K)

Final Regulation Order (PDF - 16K)

Final Statement of Reasons (PDF - 48K)

Notice of Decision (PDF - 60K)

Updated Informative Digest (PDF - 15K)

A business or person submitting a comment to a proposed regulation or proposed amendment or repeal of a regulation or any person who specifically request it has the right to request a copy of the Final Statement of Reasons (FSOR). Upon its completion, the Final Statement of Reasons (FSOR) will be available and copies may requested from the agency contact persons, or may be obtained in electronic form from this web page.

HEARING ACTION AND SUPPLEMENTAL 15-DAY NOTICES 

This stage is not applicable.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE AND RELATED MATERIAL

Posted July 20, 2012

Notice of Public Comment Period (PDF - 32K)

Staff Report: Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR) (PDF - 64K)

  • Attachment A: Area Designation Criteria (PDF - 32K
  • Attachment B: Proposed 2011 Amendments to the Area Designations (PDF - 13K
  • Attachment C: Maps and Tables of Area Designations for State and National Ambient Air Quality Standards (PDF - 6.88MB
  • Attachment D: Convention for Rounding Ambient Air Quality Data (PDF - 17K
  • Attachment E: References (PDF - 14K




INFORMAL REGULATORY ACTIVITY


Rulemaking Activity for 2012
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