1. Air quality regulations update for rcma
Anna Burhop, Environment Director
June 20, 2017

2. Overview 2015 Ground-Level Ozone NAAQS Executive Communications
Regulatory Reform

3. 2015 NAAQS for Ground-Level Ozone
October 2015: Tightened from 75ppb to 70ppb
200+ counties still striving to attain 75ppb
Since 1980, O3 levels have decreased 33%
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4. 2015 Ozone NAAQS: Concerns Significant implementation costs
Overlapping standards
Treatment of exceptional events, international transport, and background concentrations
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Permitting issues

5. 2015 Ozone NAAQS: Recent Activity
April 2017: DC Circuit Court of Appeals granted EPA’s motion to indefinitely suspend litigation
Congressional hearings on ozone legislation
June 6, 2017: Administrator Pruitt announced his intention to delay designations by one year
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6. Executive Communications Impacting Air Advocacy
Presidential Memorandum: “Streamlining Permitting and Reducing Regulatory Burdens for Domestic Manufacturing”
Executive Order 13771: “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs”
Executive Order 13777: “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda”

7. The Reality of Regulatory Reform
Limited Bandwidth in Federal Agencies
Accounting for Savings
Implications for State Regulation/ Enforcement
Constraints Imposed by Statutory Mandates
Competing Sectoral & Agency Priorities

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