Area Designations for 2006 24-Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5) Standards
2006 24-Hour PM2.5 Standards — Region 3 Area Status December 2008 (Not Final)
These are not final designations. The notice outlining these area boundaries never became effective.
This table identifies all counties EPA intended to designate as nonattainment based on 2005-2007 data. Partial counties are identified by a (P). If a county is not listed below, EPA expected it to be designated unclassifiable/attainment.
| State | Area Name | Counties |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware | Philadelphia-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE | New Castle |
| District of Columbia | Entire District is unclassifiable/attainment | |
| Maryland | Baltimore, MD | Anne Arundel Baltimore City Baltimore Carroll Harford Howard Montgomery County* (final in April 2009) Prince George's County* (final in April 2009) |
| Pennsylvania | Allentown, PA | Lehigh Northampton |
| Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA | Cumberland Dauphin Lebanon |
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| Johnstown, PA | Cambria Indiana (P) |
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| Lancaster, PA | Lancaster | |
| Liberty-Clairton, PA | Allegheny (P) | |
| Philadelphia-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE | Bucks Chester Delaware Montgomery Philadelphia |
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| Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA | Allegheny (P) Armstrong (P) Beaver Butler Greene (P) Lawrence (P) Washington Westmoreland |
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| Reading, PA | Berks | |
| York, PA | York | |
| Virginia | Entire State is unclassifiable/attainment | |
| West Virginia | Charleston, WV | Kanawha Putnam |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | Cabell Mason (P) Wayne |
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| Morgantown, WV | Monongalia | |
| Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH | Pleasants (P) Wood |
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| Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV | Brooke Hancock |
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* Consistent with its December 5, 2008 letter (PDF) (4 pp, 155KB), EPA intends to modify the Baltimore nonattainment area to add Montgomery and Prince George's Counties as nonattainment for the 2006 PM2.5 standard. These counties would be included in the Baltimore nonattainment area listed in the table above. Maryland recommended these two counties be included in a Washington, DC-MD-VA nonattainment area, based upon 2004-2006 air quality data, but did not recommend their inclusion in the Baltimore area.
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