WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule called: Determination of Attainment by the Attainment Date and Clean Data Determination for the 2012 Annual Fine Particulate Standard; Plumas County, California.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on May 14 by Michael Martucci, Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

Summary: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to determine that the Portola nonattainment area in Plumas County, California, attained the 2012 annual fine particulate matter ("PM 2.5") national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or "standard") by the December 31, 2025 "Serious" area attainment date. This proposed determination is based on ambient air qual...