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GAO-08-629R 1 (2008-04-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwtf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: im T V WAccountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-316213 April 10, 2008 The Honorable Barbara Boxer Chairman The Honorable James M. Inhofe Ranking Minority Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman The Honorable Joe Barton Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Environmental Protection Agency: National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), entitled National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone (RIN: 2060-AN24). We received the rule on March 17, 2008. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on March 27, 2008. 73 Fed. Reg. 16,436. Based on its review of the air quality criteria for ozone (03) and related photochemical oxidants and natural ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for 03, EPA's final rule revises the primary and secondary NAAQS for 03 to provide requisite protection of public health and welfare. With regard to the primary standard for 03, EPA revised the level of the 8-hour standard to 0.075 parts per million (ppm), expressed to three decimal places. With regard to the secondary standard for 03, EPA revised the current 8-hour standard by making it identical to the revised primary standard. EPA also made conforming changes to the Air Quality Index (AQI) for 03, setting an AQI value of 100 equal to 0.075 ppm, 8-hour average, and making proportional changes to the AQI values of 50, 150, and 200. The final rule is effective on May 27, 2008. GAO-08-629R

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