OAR Policy and Guidance Metarecord

Document Title/Subject: Early Action Compact Areas: Proposed Deferral of Effective Date of Nonattainment Designations for National 8-Hour Ozone Air Quality Standards: Fact Sheet Related Documents:	Signed by: Unsigned Signature Date: December 11, 2003 Contact: David Cole 919/541-5565	Filename(s): http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t1/fact_sheets/eaca_fs.pdf URL(s):
Regulatory Authority: Title 1	Division/Director: Air Quality Strategies and Standards Division (OAQPS) / Lydia Wegman	Submitted By: Allman.Joann	OGC Contact: Jan Tierney OGC Phone#: 202-564-5598	Internet Contact: Jeff Clark
Document Type: Fact Sheets	EPA Document Number: Federal Register:	Supersedes:
Subject Category: Ozone	Keywords: Ozone Early Action Compacts nonattainment designations 8-hour NAAQS early action compact areas	Terms: Standards
Abstract: EPA proposed to defer the effective date of "nonattainment designations" for certain areas of the country that do not meet the national 8-hour ozone air quality standard. The areas subject to this proposed rule are known as Early Action Compact areas. Compacts have signed innovative agreements with EPA to reduce ground-level ozone pollution sooner than the Clean Air Act requires. This file is a fact sheet summarizing the proposed rule.