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Particulate Matter (PM) Air Quality Standards - Documents from Review Completed in 1997

Federal Register Notices

  • Changes to CFR to conform to 1999 DC Circuit Court decision on 1997 revisions to PM10 NAAQS – July 30, 2004
  • Memo from the President: Implementation of Revised Air Quality Standards for Ozone and PM -July 18, 1997
  • Final Revisions to PM NAAQS – July 18, 1997
  • Proposed Revisions to the NAAQS for PM  – Dec 13, 1996

Litigation

  • DC  Circuit Court decision - March 26, 2002(txt)
  • Supreme Court decision - Feb 27, 2001 (document  containing 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
  • DC Circuit Court decision  on petition for rehearing (txt) – Oct 29, 1999
  • Federal government petition to DC Circuit Court for rehearing , June 28, 1999 (PDF) (33 pp, 94 K)
  • Summary of Court of Appeals Decision - June 28, 1999 (PDF) (2 pp, 21 K)
  • DC  Circuit Court decision (txt) - May 14, 1999

Response to Comments

  • Responses to Significant Comments on the 1996 Proposed Rule on the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter (December 13, 1996; 61 FR 65638) - July 1997 (PDF) (321 pp, 1 MB)

Integrated Science Assessments (ISAs)\Criteria Documents

  • 1996 PM Criteria Document

Policy Assessments/Staff Papers

  • 1996 Staff Paper, Main Document - 1996 (PDF) (304 pp, 902 K)
  • 1996 Staff Paper, Appendices - July 1996 (PDF) (59 pp, 167 K)
  • 1996 Staff Paper, Various Figures and Tables - July 1996 (PDF) (23 pp, 126 K)

Technical Documents

  • Supplement to Nov. 1996 PM Risk Assessment Report (Dec. 1996) (PDF) (21 pp, 117 K)
  • Update of July 3, 1996 PM Risk Assessment for Philadelphia and Los Angeles (Nov. 1996) (PDF) (168 pp, 628 K)

CASAC Documents

  • CASAC Documents

Regulatory Impact Analyses

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

Reviewing National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

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