Energy & environment · 26/01/2010

EPA Approves Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the motor vehicle emissions budgets for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in the Cleveland/Akron, Ohio area are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. Ohio submitted the area's budgets on July 16, 2008, and the EPA has accepted the results, which will be used for future transportation conformity determinations.