Regulation & law · 18/11/2011

EPA Approves North Carolina's Redesignation of Air Quality Area to Attainment

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the approval of North Carolina's request to redesignate the Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir fine particulate matter nonattainment area to attainment, meeting the Clean Air Act criteria, and revising the state's implementation plan to include new emission budgets for nitrogen oxides.