EPA’s Announcement of Revised Ozone Standard, July 16, 1997
EPA’s final air quality standards — signed by Administrator Carol M. Browner on July 16, 1997 — are the first update in 20 years for ozone (smog). The updated standards, a major step forward in public health protection, will protect 125 million Americans, including 35 million children, from the health hazards of air pollution.
A copy of the July 18, 1997 Federal Register notice announcing the revisions to the ozone NAAQS is available at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/naaqsfin/o3naaqs.pdf.
An EPA fact sheet on the new rule is available at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/naaqsfin/o3fact.html.
Also see EPA’s commmon sense primer on the revised standards at: http://www.epa.gov/oar/primer/.
