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Area Designations for 1997 Ground-level Ozone Standards

Region 4: State Designations for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard

Boundary Designations for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard - EPA Region 4
(as of September 18, 2009)

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This table identifies all counties EPA has designated as nonattainment. In some cases EPA designated partial counties. These are identified by a (P). If a county is not listed below, EPA has designated it as unclassifiable/attainment. See also the table of redesignated areas.

State
Nonattainment Area Name
Counties
April 15, 2004 Classification
Maximum
Attainment Date
(from June 15, 2004)
Current/Proposed Classification Resdesignation Effective Date
Alabama
Birmingham
Map (PDF) (1 p, 44KB)
Jefferson
Shelby
Basic June 2009 Maintenance 6/12/06
Florida
entire state is attainment
Georgia Atlanta, GA
Map (PDF) (1 p, 124KB)
Barrow
Cherokee
Clayton
Cobb
Coweta
DeKalb
Douglas
Fayette
Forsyth
Fulton
Gwinnett
Henry
Paulding
Rockdale
Bartow
Carroll
Hall
Newton
Spalding
Walton
Marginal June 2007 Moderate
-
Chattanooga TN-GA 1
Map (PDF) (1 p, 84KB)
Catoosa
  June 2009 Attainment
4/15/08
Macon, GA
Map (PDF) (1 p, 40KB)
Bibb
Monroe (P)
Former Subpart 1 June 2009 Maintenance
10/19/07
Murray Co Chattahoochee Nat. Forest Mountains, GA
Map (PDF) (1 p, 54KB)
Murray (P) Former Subpart 1 June 2009 Maintenance
11/15/07
Kentucky Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN
Map (PDF) (1 p, 62KB)
Boone
Campbell
Kenton
Former Subpart 1 June 2009 Former Subpart 1
-
Huntington-Ashland, KY-WV
Map (PDF) (1 p, 102KB)
Boyd Former Subpart 1 June 2009 Maintenance 9/4/07
Louisville, KY-IN
Map (PDF) (1 p, 72KB)
Bullitt
Jefferson
Oldham
Former Subpart 1 June 2009 Maintenance 8/6/07
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY
Map (PDF) (1 p, 67KB)
Christian Former Subpart 1 June 2009 Maintenance 2/24/06
Mississippi entire state is attainment
North Carolina
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 101KB)
Gaston
Mecklenburg
Cabarrus
Iredell (P)
Lincoln
Rowan
Union
Moderate June 2010 Moderate
-
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC 2
Map (PDF) (1 p, 96KB)
Davidson
Davie
Forsyth
Guilford
Alamance
Caswell
Randolph
Rockingham
  June 2007 Attainment
4/15/08
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 119KB)
Durham
Granville
Wake
Chatham (P)
Franklin
Johnston
Orange
Person
Former Subpart 1 June 2009 Maintenance
12/26/07
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 60KB)
Alexander
Burke (P)
Caldwell (P)
Catawba
  Dec 2007 Attainment
4/15/08
Haywood and Swain Cos (Great Smoky Mountains National Park), NC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 55KB)
Haywood (P)
Swain (P)
Former Subpart 1 June 2009 Former Subpart 1
-
Fayetteville, NC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 51KB)
Cumberland   Dec 2007 Attainment
4/15/08
Rocky Mount, NC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 52KB)
Edgecomb
Nash
Former Subpart 1 June 2009 Maintenance
1/5/07
South Carolina
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 105KB)
Anderson
Greenville
Spartanburg
  Dec 2007 Attainment
4/15/08
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 101KB)
York (P) Moderate June 2010 Moderate
-
Columbia, SC
Map (PDF) (1 p, 60KB)
Richland (P)
Lexington (P)
  Dec 2007 Attainment
4/15/08
Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Map (PDF) (1 p, 100KB)
Cocke (P)
Knox
Anderson
Blount
Jefferson
Loudon
Sevier
Former Subpart 1 June 2009 Former Subpart 1
-
Memphis, TN-AR 2
Map (PDF) (1 p, 52KB)
Shelby Marginal 2 June 2007 Moderate
-
Nashville, TN
Map (PDF) (1 p, 84KB)
Davidson
Rutherford
Sumner
Williamson
Wilson
  Dec 2007 Attainment
4/15/08
Chattanooga, TN-GA 1
Map (PDF) (1 p, 84KB)
Hamilton
Meigs
  June 2009 Attainment
4/15/08
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, KY-TN
Map (PDF) (1 p, 67KB)
Montgomery Former Subpart 1 June 2009 Maintenance
11/21/05
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN
Map (PDF) (1 p, 105KB)
Hawkins
Sullivan
  Dec 2007 Attainment
4/15/08

1 EPA has granted a deferral of the effective date, to September 30, 2005, of the nonattainment designation for Hamilton and Meigs Counties, Tennessee, and Catoosa County, Georgia.

2 This has received a bump down in classification. See the bump-down requests page for information.

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