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Ozone (O3) Air Quality Standards - Documents from Review Completed in 1997

Federal Register Notices

  • 2002 Final Response to Court Remand - Jan 6, 2003
  • 2001 Proposed Response to Court Remand - Nov 14, 2001
  • Memo from the President: Implementation of Revised Air Quality Standards for Ozone and PM - July 18, 1997
  • 1997 Final Decision - July 18, 1997
  • 1996 Proposed Decision - Dec 13, 1996

Litigation

  • DC Circuit Court decision, March 26, 2002 (txt)
  • Supreme court document which contains decision - see Whitman v. American Trucking Assns, Inc
  • Summary of U.S. Supreme Court Decision - February 2001 (Decided February 27, 2001) (PDF) (3 pp, 23 K)
  • Federal government brief to Supreme Court - July 21, 2000
  • Federal Government petition for Supreme Court review - January 28, 2000
  • Summary of DC Circuit Court decision on petition for rehearing - October 1999 (PDF) (4 pp, 43 K)
  • DC Circuit Court decision on petition for rehearing (txt) - Oct 29, 1999
  • Federal government petition to DC Circuit Court for rehearing - June 1999(PDF) (33 pp, 94 K)
  • Summary of DC Circuit Court of Appeals Decision - June 1999(PDF) (2 pp, 21 K)
  • DC Circuit Court decision (txt) - May 14, 1999

Response to Comments

  • Responses to Significant Comments on the 2001 Proposed Response to the Remand of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone (November 14, 2001; 66 FR 57268) - Nov 2002 (PDF) (28 pp, 68 K)
  • Responses to Significant Comments on the 1996 Proposed Rule on the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone (December 13, 1996; 61 FR 65716) - July 1997 (PDF) (163 pp, 375 K)

Integrated Science Assessments (ISAs)\Criteria Documents

  • Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants - July 1996
    • Volume I. Executive Summary, Intro, Atmospheric Chem and Concentrations
    • Volume II. Environmental Effects
    • Volume III. Health Effects

Policy Assessments/Staff Papers

  • 1996 NAAQS Staff Paper - June 1996 (PDF) (450 pp, 7 MB)

Technical Documents

  • O3 NAAQS Outdoor Children Exposure Final Rpt (ZIP) - June 1996 (zip)
  • O3 NAAQS Outdoor Worker Exposure Final Rpt (ZIP) - June 1996 (zip)
  • O3 NAAQS General Population Exposure Final Rpt (ZIP) - June 1996 (zip)
  • Ozone NAAQS Final Health Risk Report - June 1996 (PDF) (235 pp, 9 MB)
  • O3 NAAQS Exposure & Health Risk Supplements (ZIP) - June 1996 (zip)

Regulatory Impact Analyses

  • Regulatory Impact Analyses for the Particulate Matter and Ozone NAAQS and Proposed Regional Haze Rule - July 17, 1997 (PDF) (711 pp, 3 MB)

Reviewing National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

  • Carbon Monoxide Standards
  • Lead Standards
  • Nitrogen Dioxide Primary Standards
  • Nitrogen Dioxide Secondary Standards
  • Ozone Standards
  • Particulate Matter Standards
  • Sulfur Dioxide Primary Standards
  • Sulfur Dioxide Secondary Standards
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Last updated on February 26, 2025
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