The National Ambient Air Quality Standards EPA'S PROPOSAL TO UPDATE THE AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR GROUND-LEVEL OZONE HOW TO COMMENT On November 25, 2014, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to strengthen the nation's air quality standards for ground-level ozone to improve public health and environmental protection. Existing and proposed federal rules will help states meet the proposed standards by making significant strides toward reducing ozone-forming pollution. HOW TO COMMENT • EPA will take written comment on the proposed standards for 90 days after the proposal is published in the Federal Register. The Agency also will hold three public hearings in January 2015. Details will be announced soon. • There are multiple ways to submit written comments on the proposal. To ensure EPA receives your comments, identify them with this Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2008- 0699. Then submit them by any of the following methods: - Go to www.regulations.gov and follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. - Send comments by e-mail to a-and-r- Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA- HQ-OAR-2008-0699. - Fax your comments to: (202) 566-9744, Attention Docket ID. No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008- 0699. - Mail your comments to: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0699. - Deliver comments in person to: Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Room 3334, EPA WJC West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. TO READ THE PROPOSED RULE AND OTHER INFORMATION: • Visit EPA's website at: http://www.epa.gOv/glo/actions.html#stand to read the rule and fact sheets summarizing today's proposal. • Other places to read the proposed rule and background information (use Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0699): • EPA's electronic public docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov. ------- The EPA Docket Center's Public Reading Room (for hard copies). o The Public Reading Room is located at EPA Headquarters, Room Number 3334 in EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, o DC. Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time, Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays. o You will have to show photo identification, pass through a metal detector, and sign the EPA visitor log. Any materials you bring with you will be processed through an X-ray machine as well. You will be provided a badge that must be visible at all times. ------- |