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Table 7-6: New York Air Quality Nonattainment Areas for Ozone (O3)

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County Area Nonattainment in year Redesignation to attainment Classification Part or whole county Population (2000)
Albany Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Marginal Whole 294,565
Bronx New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 1,332,650
Dutchess Poughkeepsie, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Moderate Whole 280,150
Erie Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Marginal Whole 950,265
Essex Essex Co, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Marginal Part 0
Greene Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Marginal Whole 48,195
Jefferson Jefferson Co, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Marginal Whole 111,738
Kings New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 2,465,326
Montgomery Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Marginal Whole 49,708
Nassau New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 1,334,544
New York New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 1,537,195
Niagara Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Marginal Whole 219,846
Orange New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Part 116,940
Orange Poughkeepsie, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Moderate Part 224,427
Putnam Poughkeepsie, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Moderate Whole 95,745
Queens New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 2,229,379
Rensselaer Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Marginal Whole 152,538
Richmond New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 443,728
Rockland New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 286,753
Saratoga Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Marginal Whole 200,635
Schenectady Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Marginal Whole 146,555
Suffolk New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 1,419,369
Westchester New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 923,459

KEY: NA = not applicable.

NOTES: Nonattainment areas do not meet the national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for the specified pollutant. Nonattainment areas are classified based on design values: Extreme = design value of 0.280 parts per million (ppm) and above; Severe-17 = design value of 0.190 up to 0.280 ppm and has 17 years to reach attainment; Severe-15 = design value of 0.180 up to 0.190 ppm and has 15 years to reach attainment; Serious = design value of 0.160 up to 0.180 ppm; Moderate = design value of 0.138 up to 0.160 ppm; Marginal = design value of 0.121 up to 0.138 ppm; Section 185A = an area designated as an ozone nonattainment area as of the date of enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and has not violated the national primary ambient air quality standard for ozone for the 36-month period commencing on Jan. 1, 1987, and ending on Dec. 31, 1989.

SOURCE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Green Book, available at http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/greenbk/anay.html as of Apr. 20, 2002.