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Area Designations for 1997 Ground-level Ozone Standards

Region 2: Recommendations and EPA Response

EPA originally asked the states and tribes to recommend whether or not areas were in attainment in 2000. Many states and tribes complied, but because of continuing litigation, the Agency deferred designation action.

EPA asked the states and tribes to, by July 15, 2003, either reaffirm or revise their 2000 recommendations or submit new recommendations. EPA will make its final designations based upon these reaffirmed, revised, or new recommendations. State recommendations and EPA response letters are presented here. EPA will make final designations by April 15, 2004.

Tribal information for both 2000 and 2003 is available on the Tribal Recommendations page. 

Correspondence from persons outside the agency is catalogued on the outside correspondence page.

2003 EPA Intended Designations (Not Final)

This table lists counties the EPA intends to designate nonattainment in 2003. EPA will make official designations in 2004.
State & County
NJ Atlantic
NJ Bergen
NJ Burlington
NJ Camden
NJ Cape May
NJ Cumberland
NJ Essex
NJ Gloucester
NJ Hudson
NJ Hunterdon
NJ Mercer
NJ Middlesex
NJ Monmouth
NJ Morris
NJ Ocean
NJ Passaic
NJ Salem
NJ Somerset
NJ Sussex
NJ Union
NJ Warren
NY Albany
NY Bronx
NY Cayuga
NY Chautauqua
NY Dutchess
NY Erie
NY Essex
NY Genesee
NY Greene
NY Jefferson
NY Kings
NY Livingston
NY Madison
NY Monroe
NY Montgomery
NY Nassau
NY New York
NY Niagara
NY Onondaga
NY Ontario
NY Orange
NY Orleans
NY Oswego
NY Putnam
NY Queens
NY Rensselaer
NY Richmond
NY Rockland
NY Saratoga
NY Schenectady
NY Schoharie
NY Suffolk
NY Wayne
NY Westchester
 


Recommendation and Response Documents


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The documents listed below are states' submittals to EPA's request for recommendations on the designations of areas for the 8-hour ozone standard and EPA's responses to those submittals. EPA will make final designations by April 15, 2004.

The quality of these PDF files are quite variable, and are the result of the quality of the documents provided to Ozone Policy and Strategies Group (OPSG) at this time. OPSG will update the quality and completeness of these files as the documents become available.

Region 2: State Recommendations and EPA Response Letters

State 2000 Recommendation 2003 Recommendation EPA Response State Remarks on EPA Response
New Jersey Download pdf Download pdf Download pdf Download pdf
New York Download pdf Download pdf Download pdf Download pdf Download pdf
Puerto Rico     Download pdf  
Virgin Islands     Download pdf  

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Region 2 tribal information


2003 State Recommendations

This table lists only counties within Region 2 recommended by the states for non-attainment, whether all or part of the county was recommended. EPA will make official designations in 2004.
State & County
NJ Atlantic
NJ Bergen
NJ Burlington
NJ Camden
NJ Cape May
NJ Cumberland
NJ Essex
NJ Gloucester
NJ Hudson
NJ Hunterdon
NJ Mercer
NJ Middlesex
NJ Monmouth
NJ Morris
NJ Ocean
NJ Passaic
NJ Salem
NJ Somerset
NJ Sussex
NJ Union
NJ Warren
NY Bronx
NY Chautauqua
NY Dutchess
NY Erie
NY Jefferson
NY Kings
NY Nassau
NY New York
NY Niagara
NY Orange
NY Putnam
NY Queens
NY Richmond
NY Rockland
NY Suffolk
NY Westchester

 

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