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Ozone (O3) Air Quality Standards - Documents from Review Completed in 2008 (including documents related to reconsideration)

Federal Register Notices / Public Hearings

-Rulemaking Notices / Public Hearings

  • Proposed Revisions to O3 NAAQS - Jan 19, 2010
  • Announcement of Public Hearings for Proposed Revisions in Reconsideration of 2008 O3 NAAQS - Jan 12, 2010
  • Final Revisions to the O3 NAAQS - March 27, 2008
  • Announcing Public Hearings on O3 NAAQS Proposal - July 11, 2007
  • Proposed Revisions to O3 NAAQS - July 11, 2007

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

  • Release of the Second Draft Staff Paper, Exposure Analysis, and Health Risk Assessment and First Draft Environmental Assessment - July 18, 2006
  • Extension of public comment period on Staff Paper and related technical support documents - Dec 29, 2005
  • Release of first draft Staff Paper, Exposure Analysis, and Health Risk Assessment - Nov 17, 2005

-Public Meetings / Workshops

  • Notification of CASAC Teleconferences on March 23, 2011 (Feb 28, 2011)
  • Notification of CASAC Teleconferences on February 18, 2011 and March 3, 2011 (Jan 26, 2011)
  • Notice of CASAC Teleconference for the Reconsideration of the Ozone NAAQS on January 25, 2010 (Jan 11, 2010)

Litigation

  • Court Decision on 2008 O3 NAAQS Rulemaking Dec 2013 reissue of July 2013
  • Unopposed Motion to Vacate Briefing Schedule and Hold Consolidated Cases in Abeyance - Mar 2009 (PDF) (8 pp, 281 K)
  • March 2007 motion to modify consent decree schedule - Mar 2, 2007 (PDF) (5 pp, 68 K)
  • October 2006 motion to modify consent decree schedule - Oct 17-18, 2006 (PDF) (5 pp, 59 K)
  • December 2004 motion to modify consent decree schedule - Dec 14, 2004 (PDF) (8 pp, 105 K)
  • July 2003 Consent Decree Schedule for PM and O3 NAAQS Review - July 30, 2003 (PDF) (10 pp, 355 K)

Response to Comments

  • Responses to Significant Comments on the 2007 Proposed Rule on the O3 NAAQS (July 11, 2007; 72 FR 37818), March 2008

Planning Documents

  • Environmental Assessment Plan: Scope and Methods for Exposure, Risk and Benefits Assessment - Aug 2005 (PDF) (23 pp, 165 K)
  • Health Assessment Plan: Scope & Methods for Exposure Analysis & Risk Assessment - Apr 2005
  • Plan for Review of the O3 NAAQS - Mar 2005
  • Project Work Plan for Revised Air Quality Criteria for O3 and Related Photochemical Oxidants - Nov 2002

Integrated Science Assessments (ISAs)\Criteria Documents

  • Provisional Assessment of Recent Studies on Health and Ecological Effects of Ozone Exposure - Sep 2009
  • Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants (Final) - Mar 2006
  • Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants (Second External Review Draft) - Aug 2005
  • Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants (First External Review Draft) - Jan 2005

Policy Assessments / Staff Papers

  • Final Staff Paper (main document), Updated July 2007, EPA report No. EPA-452/R-07-007a - July 2007
  • Final Staff Paper (appendices), Updated July 2007, EPA report No. EPA-452/R-07-007b - July 2007
  • Final Staff Paper (main document) - Jan 2007
  • Final Staff Paper (appendices) - Jan 2007
  • Second Draft Staff Paper in five files: Errata for Ch. 3 and 7 (Aug 2006), Corrected Ch. 3 (Aug 2006), Revised figures 7-3 to 7-5 and 7-11 (Aug 2006), Main document (July 2006), Appendices (July 2006)
  • First Draft Staff Paper - Nov 2005

Technical Documents

  • Final Ozone Exposure Analysis Report, Updated July 2007
  • Final Ozone Health Risk Assessment Report, Updated July 2007
  • Effects of Ozone on lung function at 0.06 ppm in healthy adults - Brown memo, June 14, 2007
  • Ozone 1-Hour to 8-Hour Ratios for the 2002-2004 Design Value Period - McCluney memo, Jan 18, 2007
  • Final Ozone Exposure Analysis Report, Jan 2007
  • Analysis of Uncertainty in Ozone Population Exposure Modeling - Langstaff memo, Jan 31, 2007
  • Final Ozone Health Risk Assessment Report, Jan 2007
  • Additional Tables of Lung Function Risk Estimates Based on 2003 Air Quality Data - Post memo, Jan 30, 2007
  • Final Ozone Exposure, Risk, and Impacts Assessments for Vegetation, Jan 2007
  • A Distributional Comparison between Different Rollback Methodologies Applied to Ozone Concentrations - Rizzo memo, Aug 23, 2006 (correcting errors in figures in Appendix of 5/31/06 memo)
  • Effect of Measurement Error on 8-Hour Ozone Design Concentrations, Cox and Camalier memo, July 7, 2006
  • Analysis of Uncertainty in Ozone Population Exposure Modeling - Langstaff memo, July 24, 2006
  • First Draft Ozone Exposure, Risk, and Impacts Assessments for Vegetation, July 2006
  • Second Draft Ozone Health Risk Assessment Report: Main Body, June 2006 - July 2006
  • Second Draft Ozone Health Risk Assessment Report: Appendices, June 2006 - July 2006
  • Second Draft Ozone Exposure Analysis Report, July 2006 - July 2006
  • Analyses of Ozone Data for the Ozone NAAQS Review - Fitsz-Simons et al. memo, 11/10/05 - Nov 2005
  • First Draft Ozone Health Risk Assessment Report: Main Body, Oct 2005 - Nov 2005
  • First Draft Ozone Health Risk Assessment Report: Appendices, Oct 2005 - Nov 2005
  • First Draft Ozone Exposure Analysis Report: Nov 2005 - Nov 2005
  • A Comparison of Different Rollback Methodologies Applied to Ozone Concentrations - Rizzo, 11/07/05 Memo

CASAC Documents

  • CASAC Reviews (2007-2011)
  • CASAC Reports (2005-2011)

Regulatory Impact Analyses

  • Regulatory Impact Analysis for 2010 proposed revisions to O3 NAAQS (PDF) (89 pp, 2 MB)
  • Regulatory Impact Analysis for 2008 revisions to O3 NAAQS (PDF) (558 pp, 13 MB)
  • Regulatory Impact Analysis for 2007 proposed revisions to O3 NAAQS (PDF) (364 pp, 5 MB)

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