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Lead (Pb) Air Quality Standards - Documents Prior to Review Completed in 2008

Federal Register Notices

  • NAAQS for Lead: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - May 1984 (PDF) (1 pg, 116 K)
  • NAAQS for Lead: Final Rulemaking - Oct 1978 (PDF) (32 pp, 5 MB)
  • NAAQS for Lead: Proposed Rule - Dec 1977 (PDF) (19 pp, 3 MB)
  • Addition of Lead to List of Criteria Air Pollutants - Apr 1976 (1pg, 183 K)

Criteria Documents

  • 1990 Supplement to the 1986 Addendum
  • 1986 Lead Criteria Document (including September 1986 Addendum at end of Volume I)
  • 1977 Lead Criteria Document

Staff Paper

  • Review of the NAAQS for Lead: Assessment of Scientific and Technical Information - Dec 1990 (PDF) (210 pp, 12 MB)

Technical Documents

  • U.S. EPA Strategy for Reducing Lead Exposures - Feb 1991 (PDF) (41 pp, 2 MB)
  • Review of the NAAQS for Lead: Exposure Analysis Methodology and Validation - June 1989 (PDF) (188 pp, 10 MB)

CASC Documents

  • CASAC Documents

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 January 2, 2025
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