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These Participants have agreed to take proactive steps toward improving air quality. EPA will assist these areas to help identify, evaluate, select and implement measures and programs tailored to their needs. If your area is interested in participating in the Ozone Advance program, contact ADVANCE@epa.gov.

General Press on Ozone Advance:

• “Ozone Advance Program,” Winston & Strawn LLP - April 16, 2012
• “EPA Issues Final Ozone Advance Program Guidance, Schedules April 24 Webinar,” National Tribal Air Assn. - April 9, 2012

California (see Nevada)

Georgia

• Middle Georgia (Macon)
  • Middle Georgia area sign-up letter (PDF) (1pg, 77k) - March 22, 2013

Iowa (see Nebraska)

Kansas (see also Missouri)

• Wichita
  • Wichita sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 561k) - August 8, 2012
  • Presentation Materials, Visioneering Wichita - Feb. 4, 2013

Kentucky

• Louisville
  • Louisville sign-up letter(PDF) (2pp, 42k) - July 16, 2012

Louisiana

• All areas
  • LA DEQ Ozone Advance Website – Contains presentation materials and contact information for the participating areas in Louisiana
  • “State Metro Areas Work to Meet Ozone Standards,” The Advocate - Feb. 27, 2013
  • “Louisiana Ozone Pollution Levels Could Surpass National Limits: DEQ,” Times-Picayune - Jan. 30, 2013
• Baton Rouge
  • Baton Rouge area sign-up letter (CRPC and BRCAC) (PDF) (2pp, 142k) - June 22, 2012
  • “BRCAC and CRPC Enter Into EPA’s Ozone Advance Program on Behalf of the Baton Rouge Metro Area,” Baton Rouge Clean Air Coalition - Nov. 27, 2012
  • Baton Rouge area sign-up letter (GBRCCC) (PDF) (1pg, 57 KB) - April 2, 2013
• Lake Charles
  • Lake Charles area sign-up letter (PDF) (3pp, 41k) - July 11, 2012
  • Ozone Advance Website – Imperial Calcasieu Regional Planning and Development Commission site
  • Press Release, “DEQ and IMCAL Seeking Input of Ozone Reduction Strategies” - March 19, 2013
  • “Meeting on National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone Held in Lake Charles,” Louisiana State University - June 20, 2012
  • “Ozone Pollution Threatens Economic Development,” KPLC TV - June 21, 2012
  • “State DEQ Makes Stop in Lake Area to Discuss Ozone Levels,” American Press - July 2, 2012
• New Orleans
  • New Orleans area sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 139k) - June 2012
  • “New Orleans Ozone Pollution Requires Public Response, DEQ Says,” Times-Picayune - March 19, 2013
• Shreveport
  • Shreveport area sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 61k) - July 5, 2012
  • Press Release, “DEQ and Shreveport-Bossier Officials Seeking Input on Ozone Reduction Strategies” - March 19, 2013
• South Central
  • South Central Louisiana sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 962k) - June 21, 2012
  • Letter of Support from Houma-Thibodaux Metropolitan Planning Organization for South Central Louisiana (PDF) (2pp, 126k) - July 6, 2012

Minnesota

• Entire State
  • State of MN sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 50k) - May 22, 2012
  • Presentation (PDF) (13pp, 632k) - Oct 2012
  • Minnesota Clean Air Dialogue website

Missouri

• Kansas City MO/KS
  • Kansas City MO/KS sign-up letter (PDF) (1pg, 130k) - May 8, 2012
• Southeastern Missouri
  • Southeastern Missouri area sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 1.6 MB) - May 9, 2012
• Springfield
  • Springfield area sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 85k) - May 29, 2012

Mississippi

• DeSoto County
  • DeSoto County sign-up letter (PDF) (4pp, 109k) - June 27, 2012
• Gulf Coast
  • Gulf Coast sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 863KB) - Nov 15, 2012

Nebraska

• Omaha
  • Omaha area sign-up letter (PDF) (3pp, 129k) - May 29, 2012

Nevada

• Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
  • Washoe Tribe of NV/CA sign-up letter (PDF) (1pg, 66k) - June 13, 2012

North Carolina

• Cumberland County
  • Cumberland County sign-up letter (PDF) (1pg, 681k) - September 4, 2012
  • Meeting Minutes, Cumberland County Board of Commissioners Meeting, Sept. 4, 2012 (see pages 9-12)

Ohio

• Dayton-Springfield
  • Dayton-Springfield area sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 28k) - April 30, 2012
  • Dayton-Springfield presentation (PDF) (38pp, 982k) - Sept 20, 2012
  • News Release, Regional Air Pollution Control Agency - June 12, 2012
  • Presentation Materials,  Initial Briefing, Regional Air Pollution Control Agency - June 13, 2012
  • Presentation Materials, Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, Regional Air Pollution Control Agency - Sept. 20, 2012

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma City
  • Oklahoma City area sign-up letter (PDF) (1pg, 296k) - May 30, 2012
• Tulsa
  • Tulsa area sign-up letter (PDF) (1pg, 63k) - Oct 30, 2012

South Carolina

• Entire State
  • State of SC sign-up letter (PDF) (1pg, 63k) - May 14, 2012
  • Advance Program Website, South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control, provides information about South Carolina’s “Advance Reporting Tool” and contact information for planners in regions across the State
  • Presentation Materials, “Ozone Advance, NAAQS Updates, Other Air Topics,” SC DHEC, BCD Air Quality Coalition Meeting (Aug. 1, 2012)

Texas

• Austin area
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 91k) - May 16, 2012
  • Progress Report, 8-hour Ozone Flex/Ozone Advance Program, Capital Area Council of Governments in Coordination with the Clean Air Coalition Advisory Committee - June 30, 2012
  • Ozone Advance Website, Capital Area Council of Governments
  • Ozone Advance Brochure, Capital Area Council of Governments
  • Stakeholder and Public Involvement Plan, Capital Area Council of Governments - Nov. 14, 2012
• Hood County
  • Hood County and Granbury area sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 802k) - April 4, 2012
• San Antonio
  • San Antonio area sign-up letter (PDF) (1pg, 24k) - July 25, 2012
  • Presentation Materials, Air Improvement Resources Technical Committee, Alamo Area Council of Governments - Dec. 10, 2012
  • Presentation Materials, Air Improvement Resources Technical Committee, Alamo Area Council of Governments - Jan. 23, 2013
• Waco
  • Waco area sign-up letter (PDF) (1pg, 34k) - August 6, 2012

Utah

• Uintah Basin
  • Uintah Basin area sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 485k) - May 21, 2012
  • Utah Air Quality Board Presentation - May 2, 2012

Virginia

• Ozone Advance Presentation, Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality - Summer 2012
  
  
• Caroline County
• Caroline County sign-up letter (PDF) (2pp, 584k) - Nov 2, 2012
• Hampton Roads, Fredericksburg & Richmond-Petersburg
  • Hampton Roads, Fredericksburg, and Richmond-Petersburg areas sign-up letter (PDF) (3pp, 1.0 MB) - June 4, 2012
  • Fredericksburg Area - April 24, 2013
    • Letter (PDF) (2pp, 239k)
    • Action Plan (PDF) (38pp, 4MB)
    • Public Participation Record (PDF) (4 pp, 35k)
    • Appendix A (PDF) (342pp, 6.6MB)
    • Appendix B (PDF) (29pp, 5.9MB)
    • Appendix C (PDF) (129pp, 1.6MB)
  • Hampton Roads Area - April 24, 2013
    • Letter (PDF) (2pp, 250k)
    • Action Plan (PDF) (44pp, 4MB)
    • Public Participation Record (PDF) (4 pp, 35k)
    • Appendix A (PDF) (342pp, 6.6MB)
    • Appendix B (PDF) (71pp, 5.6MB)
    • Appendix C (PDF) (222pp, 1.6MB)
    • Appendix D (PDF) (4pp, 36k)
    • Appendix E (PDF) (13pp, 729k)
  • Richmond-Petersburg Area - April 24, 2013
    • Letter (PDF) (2pp, 241k)
    • Action Plan (PDF) (46pp,2.2MB)
    • Public Participation Record (PDF) (4 pp, 35k)
    • Appendix A (PDF) (342pp, 6.7MB)
    • Appendix B (PDF) (71pp, 5.6MB)
    • Appendix C (PDF) (16pp, 194k)
    • Appendix D (PDF) (4pp, 86k)
    • Appendix E (PDF) (18pp, 1.8MB)
  • Presentation Materials, Fredericksburg area (George Washington Regional Commission), Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality - May 21, 2012
  • Presentation Materials, Hampton Roads, Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality - June 6, 2012

Wyoming

• WY - Upper Green River Basin sign-up letter (PDF) (3pp, 1.6 MB) - April 12, 2012
• Path forward (PDF) (21pp, 1.5MB) - April 8, 2013

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