Attainment areas definition

Attainment areas means any area that meets the national primary and secondary ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for the pollutant.

Examples of Attainment areas in a sentence

  • Attainment areas or unclassified areas may also be referred to as sustainment or maintenance areas as designated in LRAPA title 29.

  • Attainment areas or unclassified areas may also be referred to as sustainment or maintenance areas as designated in OAR 340 division 204.

  • Attainment areas include areas where the level of a criteria pollutant is below the primary standard.

  • Attainment areas are those areas that meet ambient air quality standards and non-attainment areas are areas that do not meet quality standards for a specific pollutant.

  • Attainment areas are required to update their plans every five years.

  • Attainment areas havetraditionally relied upon not being required to fulfill conformityrequirements that are mandated for nonattainment areas.

  • Attainment areas that appear to have difficulty maintaining attainment may also have to submit some of these elements.

  • Attainment areas are any areas that meet ambient air quality standards.

  • Attainment areas are areas that meet the NAAQSand unclassifiable areas are areas that cannot be determined on the basis ofavailable information as meeting or not meeting the NAAQS.

  • Although ERM are appropriate when concentrations attributable to OCS sources exceed SILs in nonattainment areas, the Alaskan coastal areas of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas and the coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and most of Texas are attainment areas for all criteria pollutants.37 Attainment areas can accommodate a greater increase in pollutant concentrations before compliance with ambient air standards are a concern.

Related to Attainment areas

  • Nonattainment area means an area so designated by the administrator, acting pursuant to Section 107 of the Act.

  • Development Area means that area to which a development plan is applicable.

  • ILUA Area means the geographical area in relation to which the Framework ILUA applies, as specified in Schedule 2 of the Framework ILUA;

  • Common Areas is defined as all areas and facilities outside the Premises and within the exterior boundary line of the Project and interior utility raceways and installations within the Unit that are provided and designated by the Lessor from time to time for the general non-exclusive use of Lessor, Lessee and other tenants of the Project and their respective employees, suppliers, shippers, customers, contractors and invitees, including parking areas, loading and unloading areas, trash areas, roadways, walkways, driveways and landscaped areas.

  • Area of shallow flooding means a designated AO or AH Zone on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) with one percent or greater annual chance of flooding to an average depth of one to three feet where a clearly defined channel does not exist, where the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate; and where velocity flow may be evident. Such flooding is characterized by ponding or sheet flow.