WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule called: Initial Air Quality Designations for the 2024 Revised Primary Annual Fine Particle (PM.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 6 by Aaron Szabo, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.

Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice of the Agency's intended approach for area designations for the 2024 primary annual fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) (the 2024 annual PM 2.5NAAQS) under Clean Air Act (CAA) section 107(d). Details regarding these designations, as well as the EPA's notifications to States, territories, and Tribes regarding their ...