Class II area definition

Class II area means any area not designated as a Class I area.
Class II area means any prevention of significant deterioration area (i) in which any deterioration of existing air quality beyond that normally accompanying well-controlled growth is considered significant and (ii) designated as such in 9VAC5-20-205.
Class II area or “PSD Class II area’ means any land which is classified or reclassified as a Class II area under OAR 340-204-0050 and 340-204-0060.

Examples of Class II area in a sentence

  • A Class II area allows moderate amounts of air quality degradation.

  • Privately owned hardware, software and media shall not be brought into any Class I or Class II area where EU classified information is handled without the written authorisation of the Head of the Commission Security Office.

  • For this project the nearest Class II area receptor is more than 50 km from the closest drilling location.

  • For both views inside and outside the Class II area, calculations are performed by the model for the two assumed plume-viewing backgrounds.

  • The VISCREEN model output shows separate tables for inside and outside the Class II area.

  • Since the project passes the Level-1 analysis for a Class I area for the Class II area of interest, no further analysis of exhaust plume visibility is required as part of this air quality analysis.

  • The OCS project impact area for the Class II area analysis, the area containing modeling receptors, was established 25 nautical miles from any state’s seaward boundary, extending shoreward until the project’s estimated impact is less than the significant impact level.

  • The main purpose of the air quality analysis is to demonstrate that emissions emitted from the proposed modifications, in conjunction with other applicable emissions from existing sources (including secondary emissions from growth associated with the new project), will not cause or contribute to a violation of any applicable National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) or PSD increment in a Class I or Class II area.

  • Because the closest Class II area receptor is more than 50 km from the nearest proposed drilling location (i.e., limited to 100 nautical miles from shore in BOEM Central Planning Area and 125 nautical miles in the Eastern Planning Area), the air quality impact analyses involve long-range transport and dispersion conditions.

  • Therefore, no Class I or Class II area dispersion modeling analyses are required for this permit modification.


More Definitions of Class II area

Class II area or "PSD Class II area" means any land which is classified or reclassified as a Class II area under LRAPA title 29.
Class II area means any prevention of significant deterioration area (i) in which any deterioration of existing air quality beyond that normally accompanying
Class II area means any area not designated as a Class I or Class III Area pursuant to 40 CFR 51.166(e)
Class II area means any prevention of significant deterioration area (i) in which any deterioration of existing air

Related to Class II area

  • Class I area means a mandatory visibility protection area designated pursuant to section 169A of the federal Clean Air Act.