ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ISSUES RULE: FINDING OF FAILURE TO ATTAIN AND RECLASSIFICATION OF TRIBAL PORTIONS OF THE GREATER CONNECTICUT OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREA AS SERIOUS FOR THE 2015 OZONE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a rule called: Finding of Failure To Attain and Reclassification of Tribal Portions of the Greater Connecticut Ozone Nonattainment Area as Serious for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on April 23 by Mark Sanborn, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1.

Summary: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing its finding that the tribal portions of the Greater Connecticut area (the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Indian Tribe) did not attain the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) by the attainment date and a reclassification of those portions of the area to Se...