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Lead (Pb) Standards

The Clean Air Act requires EPA to set national air quality standards for lead and five other pollutants considered harmful to public health and the environment (the other pollutants are ozone, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide. The law also requires EPA to periodically review the standards to ensure that they provide adequate health and environmental protection, and to update those standards as necessary. Learn more about this process

Contact:      Ginger Tennant
                       Tennant.Ginger@epa.gov
                       (919) 541-4072

Regulatory Review Documents

                      Documents from Current Review                       Documents from Previous Review
                            Criteria Documents       Criteria Documents
                            Staff Papers
      Staff Papers
                            Planning Documents      
                            Technical Documents       Technical Documents
                            CASAC Documents      
                            FR Notices       FR Notices
                            Litigation      

Plain Language Information About Pollutant

Summary of Current NAAQS Table

File Utilities


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