Classification and attainment dates

42 U.S. Code § 7512. Classification and attainment dates

(a) Classification by operation of law and attainment dates for nonattainment areas
(1)
Each area designated nonattainment for carbon monoxide pursuant to section 7407(d) of this title shall be classified at the time of such designation under table 1, by operation of law, as a Moderate Area or a Serious Area based on the design value for the area. The design value shall be calculated according to the interpretation methodology issued by the Administrator most recently before November 15, 1990. For each area classified under this subsection, the primary standard attainment date for carbon monoxide shall be as expeditiously as practicable but not later than the date provided in table 1:

TABLE 3 1

Area

classification

Design value

Primary standard attainment date

Moderate

9.1–16.4 ppm

December 31, 1995

Serious

16.5 and above

December 31, 2000

[1]
(2)
At the time of publication of the notice required under section 7407 of this title (designating carbon monoxide nonattainment areas), the Administrator shall publish a notice announcing the classification of each such carbon monoxide nonattainment area. The provisions of section 7502(a)(1)(B) of this title (relating to lack of notice-and-comment and judicial review) shall apply with respect to such classification.
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