EPA Classifies Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Area as Moderately Nonattainment for 2008 Ozone Standard

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area in Texas failed to meet the 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard by the deadline of July 20, 2016, and is now classified as Moderately Nonattainment. The EPA has set a new deadline of January 1, 2017, for Texas to submit revised State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions to meet Clean Air Act requirements for Moderate nonattainment areas.