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Region 4: State Designations for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard

Boundary Designations for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard - EPA Region 4
(as of May 21, 2008)

Map showing designations for region 4 map legend

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This table identifies all counties EPA has designated as nonattainment. In some cases EPA designated partial counties. These are identified by a (P). Also, some counties are participating in an early action compact. These are identified as EAC. If a county is not listed below, EPA has designated it as unclassifiable/attainment. The redesignation request section of this site contains a table of redesignated areas and links to the related Federal Register documents.

State
Nonattainment Area Name
Counties
Classification
Maximum
Attainment Date
(from June 15, 2004)
Current/Proposed Classification Resdesignation Effective Date
Alabama
Birmingham
Map (PDF) (1 p, 44KB)
Jefferson
Shelby
Basic June 2009 Maintenance 6/12/06
Florida
entire state is attainment
Georgia Atlanta, GA1,6
Map (PDF) (1 p, 124KB)
Barrow
Cherokee
Clayton
Cobb
Coweta
DeKalb
Douglas
Fayette
Forsyth
Fulton
Gwinnett
Henry
Paulding
Rockdale
Bartow
Carroll
Hall
Newton
Spalding
Walton
Marginal1,6 June 2007 Moderate1,6
-
Chattanooga TN-GA 2
Map (PDF) (1 p, 84KB)
Catoosa
(EAC) June 2009 Attainment
4/15/08
Macon, GA
Map (PDF) (1 p, 40KB)
Bibb
Monroe (P)
Basic June 2009 Maintenance
10/19/07
Murray Co Chattahoochee Nat. Forest Mountains, GA
Map (PDF) (1 p, 54KB)
Murray (P) Basic June 2009 Basic
11/15/07
Kentucky Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN
Map (PDF) (1 p, 62KB)
Boone
Campbell
Kenton
Basic June 2009 Basic
-
Huntington-Ashland, KY-WV
Map (PDF) (1 p, 102KB)
Boyd Basic June 2009 Maintenance 9/4/07
Louisville, KY-IN
Map (PDF) (1 p, 72KB)
Bullitt
Jefferson
Oldham
Basic June 2009 Maintenance 8/6/07
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY
Map (PDF) (1 p, 67KB)
Christian Basic June 2009 Maintenance 2/24/06
Mississippi entire state is attainment
North Carolina
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 101KB)
Gaston
Mecklenburg
Cabarrus
Iredell (P)
Lincoln
Rowan
Union
Moderate June 2010 Moderate
-
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC3 (EAC)
Map (PDF) (1 p, 96KB)
Davidson
Davie
Forsyth
Guilford
Alamance
Caswell
Randolph
Rockingham
(EAC)3 June 2007 Attainment
4/15/08
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 119KB)
Durham
Granville
Wake
Chatham (P)
Franklin
Johnston
Orange
Person
Basic June 2009 Maintenance
12/26/07
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC (EAC)
Map (PDF) (1 p, 60KB)
Alexander
Burke (P)
Caldwell (P)
Catawba
(EAC) Dec 2007 Attainment
4/15/08
Haywood and Swain Cos (Great Smoky Mountains National Park), NC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 55KB)
Haywood (P)
Swain (P)
Basic June 2009 Basic
-
Fayetteville, NC (EAC)
Map (PDF) (1 p, 51KB)
Cumberland (EAC) Dec 2007 Attainment
4/15/08
Rocky Mount, NC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 52KB)
Edgecomb
Nash
Basic June 2009 Maintenance
1/5/07
South Carolina
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC (EAC)
Map (PDF) (1 p, 105KB)
Anderson
Greenville
Spartanburg
(EAC) Dec 2007 Attainment
4/15/08
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 101KB)
York (P) Moderate June 2010 Moderate
-
Columbia, SC (EAC)
Map (PDF) (1 p, 60KB)
Richland (P)
Lexington (P)
(EAC) Dec 2007 Attainment
4/15/08
Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Map (PDF) (1 p, 100KB)
Cocke (P)
Knox
Anderson
Blount
Jefferson
Loudon
Sevier
Basic June 2009 Basic
-
Memphis, TN-AR3,4,7
Map (PDF) (1 p, 52KB)
Shelby Marginal3,4,7 June 2007 Moderate3,4,7
-
Nashville, TN (EAC)
Map (PDF) (1 p, 84KB)
Davidson
Rutherford
Sumner
Williamson
Wilson
(EAC) Dec 2007 Attainment
4/15/08
Chattanooga, TN-GA2
Map (PDF) (1 p, 84KB)
Hamilton
Meigs
(EAC) June 2009 Attainment
4/15/08
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, KY-TN
Map (PDF) (1 p, 67KB)
Montgomery5 Basic5 June 20095 Maintenance
11/21/05
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN (EAC)
Map (PDF) (1 p, 105KB)
Hawkins
Sullivan
(EAC) Dec 2007 Attainment
4/15/08

1 Proposed for reclassification to Moderate on 10/16/07 [72 FR 58572 (PDF) (6 pp, 79KB)]

2 EPA has granted a deferral of the effective date, to September 30, 2005, of the nonattainment designation for Hamilton and Meigs Counties, Tennessee, and Catoosa County, Georgia. Request (PDF) (21 pp, 2MB), Federal Register notice (PDF) (6 pp, 72KB), EPA Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 84KB).

3 This area has received a bump down in classification. See the reclassifications page for information.

4 Proposed for reclassification to Moderate on 10/16/07 [72 FR 58577 (PDF) (6 pp, 73KB)]

5 Redesignated as attainment on 09/22/05 [70 FR 55559 (PDF) (10 pp, 95KB)]. Effective on 11/21/2005.

6 Reclassified to Moderate on 4/7/08 [73 FR 12013 (PDF) (5 pp, 73KB)]

7 Reclassified to Moderate on 4/28/08 [73 FR 16547 (PDF) (7 pp, 78KB)]

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