Daily Archives: December 3, 2013

EPA Approves Redesignation of Atlanta Area to Attainment for Ozone Pollution

By Glynn Wilson – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking final action to approve the state of Georgia’s request to redesignate the Atlanta metro area to attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone standard based on air quality monitoring data for the three-year period of 2008-2010 showing the area in compliance with the 16-year-old standard.…