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Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Air Quality Standards - Documents from Review Completed in 2010

Federal Register Notices

-Rulemaking Notices / Public Hearings

  • Final Revisions to the SO2 Primary NAAQS, June 22, 2010
  • Proposed Revisions to the SO2 Primary NAAQS, Dec 8, 2009

-Pre-Rulemaking Documents / Availability and Opportunities for Public Comment

  • Notice of Availability of Risk and Exposure Assessment to Support the Review of the SO2 Primary NAAQS, July 29, 2009
  • Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period on Second Draft Risk and Exposure Assessment, May 21, 2009
  • Notice of Availability - Second Draft SO2 Risk and Exposure Assessment, April 23, 2009
  • Notice of Availability - First Draft SO2 Risk and Exposure Assessment - July 21, 2008
  • Notice of Availability of ISA for Sulfur Oxides - Health Criteria (Second External Review Draft) - May 30, 2008
  • Integrated Science Assessment for Sulfur Oxides: Call for Information May 15, 2006

-Public Meetings / Workshops

  • Workshop on Assessment of Health Science for Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Sulfur Oxides (SOx) - Feb 9, 2007

Litigation

  • Court Decision upholding the 2010 SO2 NAAQS July 20, 2012 (PDF)(54.93 KB)
  • Amendment to 2007 Consent Decree - 12/04/2008 (PDF) (4 pp, 43 K)
  • Consent Decree with schedules for SO2 and NO2 primary NAAQS and NO2/SO2 secondary NAAQS reviews - 11/19/2007 (PDF) (8 pp, 74 K)
  • Notice of proposed consent decree - request for public comment - 09/20/2007

Response to Comments

  • Responses to Significant Comments on the 2009 Proposed Rule on the Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Dioxide 6/2/2010

Planning Documents

  • Health Assessment Plan: Scope and Methods for Exposure and Risk Assessment 11-14-2007
  • SO2 NAAQS Review Plan - Final 10-09-2007
  • SO2 NAAQS Review Plan - Draft 4-17-2007

Integrated Science Assessments (ISAs)\Criteria Documents

  • Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of Sulfur - Health Criteria (Final Report) Sep 2008
  • ISA for Sulfur Oxides - Health Criteria (Second External Review Draft) May 2008
  • ISA for Sulfur Oxides - Health Criteria, with Annexes (First External Review Draft) Sep 2007

Technical Documents

  • Transmittal memo to CASAC of Risk and Exposure Assessment for Review of the SO2 Primary NAAQS - Final Report Aug 3, 2009 (PDF) (5 pp, 31 K)
  • Risk and Exposure Assessment for Review of the SO2 Primary NAAQS, Final Report - Aug 2009
  • Presentation and Analysis of Controlled Human Exposure Data Described in Table 3-1 of the 2008 Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) for Sulfur Oxides, Johns Memo - 4/29/09
  • Risk and Exposure Assessment for Review of the SO2 Primary NAAQS, Second Draft - Mar 2009
  • Investigation of How Distributions of Hourly SO2 Concentrations Have Changed Over Time in Six Cities, Rizzo Memo - 3/16/09
  • Air Quality Statistics for Cities Referenced in Key U.S. and Canadian Epidemiological Studies of Hospital Admission and Emergency Department Visits for All Respiratory Causes and Asthma - Thompson and Stewart memo - March 25, 2009
  • Risk and Exposure Assessment for Review of the SO2 Primary NAAQS, First Draft (includes July 2008 errata sheet) - June 2008

CASAC Documents

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  • Nitrogen Dioxide Secondary Standards
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  • Sulfur Dioxide Primary Standards
  • Sulfur Dioxide Secondary Standards
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Last updated on February 26, 2025
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