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
- 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
Integrated Science Assessments (ISAs)\Criteria Documents
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
Regulatory Impact Analyses