Nonattainment definition

Nonattainment means designated as not in attainment of a National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) pursuant to Section 107(d) of the federal Clean Air Act or of a State Ambient Air Quality Standard (SAAQS) pursuant to Section 39608 of the California Health and Safety Code, as applicable. For the purposes of these Rules 20.1, 20.2, 20.3 and 20.4, nonattainment of a NAAQS means also designated as nonattainment by EPA in 40 CFR Section 81.305.
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Nonattainment means a region is unable to achieve the federal National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), which are health-based limits set by USEPA for the six criteria pollutants named in the federal Clean Air Act.
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Nonattainment classification means that air quality in a particular region does not meet (or “attain”) a federal air quality standard. Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA sets limits on how much pollution can be in the air. These pollution limits are called National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). There are NAAQS for six common air pollutants including ground-level ozone (O3).
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Examples of Nonattainment in a sentence

  • Therefore, direct PM2.5 and SO2 emissions were reviewed pursuant to the requirements of Nonattainment New Source Review, 326 IAC 2-1.1-5.

  • Nonattainment areas are required to meet the standard by 2014; transportation conformity began to apply on December 14, 2010.

  • Nonattainment areas are required to meet the standard as expeditiously as practicable, but no later than December 31, 2019.

  • On January 20, 2016 EPA published Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; San Joaquin Valley; Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS finalizing SJV reclassification to Serious nonattainment effective February 19, 2016.

  • Owens Valley, CA Serious PM-10 Nonattainment Area SIP, submitted June 9, 2016 (EPA approval effective April 12, 2017).

  • According to the April 5, 2005 EPA memo titled “Implementation of New Source Review Requirements in PM2.5 Nonattainment Areas” authored by Steve Page, Director of OAQPS, until EPA promulgates the PM2.5 major NSR regulations, states should assume that a major stationary source’s PM10 emissions represent PM2.5 emissions.

  • Nonattainment area—Those geo- graphic areas in Missouri that have officially been designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 40 CFR part 81 as nonattainment areas.

  • West Pinal County, AZ Moderate PM-10 Nonattainment Area SIP, submitted December 21, 2015 (EPA approval effective May 31, 2017).

  • Therefore, pursuant to 326 IAC 2-1.1-5, the Nonattainment New Source Review requirements do not apply.

  • In accordance with the December 2018 final rule, Implementation of the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone: Nonattainment Area State Implementation Plan Requirements, the attainment year of 2037 must be modeled.


More Definitions of Nonattainment

Nonattainment designation means the subject state must prepare an implementation plan with enforceable measures designed to reduce emissions so the state may achieve attainment “as expeditiously as practicable.” 42 U.S.C. § 7502(a)(2). The pollution control requirements for a state plan applicable to a nonattainment area are generally more stringent than the requirements that would apply to sources in an attainment area. Compare Clean Air Act, Subchapter 1, Part D, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7501-7515, with id. Part C, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7470-7492.
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Related to Nonattainment

  • Performance Criteria means the criteria (and adjustments) that the Committee selects for an Award for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or Performance Goals for a Performance Period, determined as follows:

  • Performance Goals means, for a Performance Period, the one or more goals established by the Board for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria. Performance Goals may be based on a Company-wide basis, with respect to one or more business units, divisions, Affiliates, or business segments, and in either absolute terms or relative to the performance of one or more comparable companies or the performance of one or more relevant indices. Unless specified otherwise by the Board (i) in the Award Agreement at the time the Award is granted or (ii) in such other document setting forth the Performance Goals at the time the Performance Goals are established, the Board will appropriately make adjustments in the method of calculating the attainment of Performance Goals for a Performance Period as follows: (1) to exclude restructuring and/or other nonrecurring charges; (2) to exclude exchange rate effects; (3) to exclude the effects of changes to generally accepted accounting principles; (4) to exclude the effects of any statutory adjustments to corporate tax rates; (5) to exclude the effects of any “extraordinary items” as determined under generally accepted accounting principles; (6) to exclude the dilutive effects of acquisitions or joint ventures; (7) to assume that any business divested by the Company achieved performance objectives at targeted levels during the balance of a Performance Period following such divestiture; (8) to exclude the effect of any change in the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company by reason of any stock dividend or split, stock repurchase, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change, or any distributions to common stockholders other than regular cash dividends; (9) to exclude the effects of stock based compensation and the award of bonuses under the Company’s bonus plans; (10) to exclude costs incurred in connection with potential acquisitions or divestitures that are required to be expensed under generally accepted accounting principles; (11) to exclude the goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges that are required to be recorded under generally accepted accounting principles; (12) to exclude the effect of any other unusual, non-recurring gain or loss or other extraordinary item; and (13) to exclude the effects of the timing of acceptance for review and/or approval of submissions to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or any other regulatory body. In addition, the Board retains the discretion to reduce or eliminate the compensation or economic benefit due upon attainment of Performance Goals and to define the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period. Partial achievement of the specified criteria may result in the payment or vesting corresponding to the degree of achievement as specified in the Stock Award Agreement or the written terms of a Performance Cash Award.

  • Specific goals means specific goals as contemplated in section 2(1)(d) of the PPPFA which may include contracting with persons, or group of persons, historically disadvantaged by unfair discrimination on the basis of race, gender and disability including the implementation of programmes of the Reconstruction and Development Programme as published in Government Gazette No. 16085 dated 23 November 1994.

  • Measurable means the amount of the transaction can be determined and “available” means collectible with the current period or soon enough thereafter to be used to pay liabilities of the current period. State equalization monies are recognized as revenue during the period in which they are appropriated. A one- year availability period is used for revenue recognition for all other governmental fund revenues.

  • Business Unit means the assets constituting the business or a division or operating unit thereof of any Person.