Attainment area definition

Attainment area means a geographic area designated by EPA at 40 CFR Part 81 as having attained the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for a given criteria pollutant.

Attainment area or “unclassified area” means an area that has not otherwise been designated by EPA as nonattainment with ambient air quality standards for a particular regulated pollutant. Attainment areas or unclassified areas may also be referred to as sustainment or maintenance areas as designated in OAR 340 division 204. Any particular location may be part of an attainment area or unclassified area for one regulated pollutant while also being in a different type of designated area for another regulated pollutant.

Attainment area means an area of the County designated as attainment pursuant to §107 of the Clean Air Act.

Examples of Attainment area in a sentence

An Attainment area is defined by the CAA as any area that meets the NAAQS and does not contribute to a nearby area that does not meet the NAAQS.
Attainment area: An area considered to have air quality as good as or better than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) as defined in the Clean Air Act.
The farm is located in a Non Attainment area as can be verified by review of the following website (http://www.epa/gov/oar/oaqups/greenblk/hncs.html) Open burning is strictly regulated by the state and accordingly the waste and refuse generated on site from construction, or ongoing operations, will be removed and not burned.
PM 2.5 / PM 10AND OZONE: On December 14,2009, the designation of Utah County as a Non- Attainment area for PM2.5 came into effect.
Project is in: Attainment area Nonattainment or Maintenance Area PM 2.5 CountySTIP Pg.#: Not in STIP TIP Pg.#:Not included in the 2010 STIP B.

More Definitions of Attainment area

Attainment area means a geographic area, designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR Part 81, as having attained the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for a given criteria pollutant.

Attainment area means a geographic area which has been designated by the Administrator as attainment pursuant to 40 CFR 81 in accordance with the provisions of 42 USC 7407.

Attainment area means, for any air pollutant, an area which is shown by monitored data or which is calculated by air quality modeling not to exceed any NAAQS for such pollutant, and is so designated under Section 107(d)(1)(D) or (E) of the act.

Attainment area means a geographic area designated by EPA at 40 C.F.R. Part 81 as having attained the National Ambient Air Qual- ity Standard for a given criteria pollutant.

Attainment area means any area of the State which is not a nonattainment area.

Attainment area means any area in this state that has been identified in regulations promulgated by the administrator as being in compliance with national ambient air quality standards.

Attainment area means an area so designated by the administrator acting pursuant to Section 107 of the Act (Air Quality Control Regions) as having ambient air pollutant concentration equal to or less than national primary or secondary ambient air quality standards for a particular pollutant or pollutants.