Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§7514a Attainment Dates

Title 42 › CHAPTER 85 — AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › SUBCHAPTER I — PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES › Part D — Plan Requirements for Nonattainment Areas › subpart 5 — additional provisions for areas designated nonattainment for sulfur oxides, nitrogen dioxide, or lead › § 7514a

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require air-quality plans to meet the primary standard within 5 years after an area is designated nonattainment. Plans under 7514(b) must meet the standard within 5 years after November 15, 1990. If a sulfur oxides or nitrogen dioxide plan approved before November 15, 1990 is later found substantially inadequate, it must meet the standard within 5 years of that finding.

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Title 42, §7514a

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(a)Plans under section 7514(a)

Implementation plans required under section 7514(a) of this title shall provide for attainment of the relevant primary standard as expeditiously as practicable but no later than 5 years from the date of the nonattainment designation.

(b)Plans under section 7514(b)

Implementation plans required under section 7514(b) of this title shall provide for attainment of the relevant primary national ambient air quality standard within 5 years after November 15, 1990.

(c)Inadequate plans

Implementation plans for nonattainment areas for sulfur oxides or nitrogen dioxide with plans that were approved by the Administrator before November 15, 1990, but, subsequent to such approval, were found by the Administrator to be substantially inadequate, shall provide for attainment of the relevant primary standard within 5 years from the date of such finding.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 7514a

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110