40 C.F.R. § 58.2

Purpose

Read at: eCFRecfr.gov CornellLII GovInfogovinfo.gov CasesGoogle Scholar

(a) This part contains requirements for measuring ambient air quality and for reporting ambient air quality data and related information. The monitoring criteria pertain to the following areas:

(1) Quality assurance procedures for monitor operation and data handling.

(2) Methodology used in monitoring stations.

(3) Operating schedule.

(4) Siting parameters for instruments or instrument probes.

(5) Minimum ambient air quality monitoring network requirements used to provide support to the State implementation plans (SIP), national air quality assessments, and policy decisions. These minimums are described as part of the network design requirements, including minimum numbers and placement of monitors of each type.

(6) Air quality data reporting, and requirements for the daily reporting of an index of ambient air quality.

(b) The requirements pertaining to provisions for an air quality surveillance system in the SIP are contained in this part.

(c) This part also acts to establish a national ambient air quality monitoring network for the purpose of providing timely air quality data upon which to base national assessments and policy decisions.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: Berks Cnty. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 619 F. App'x 179 (3rd Cir. 2015).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Berks Cnty. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 619 F. App'x 179 (3rd Cir. 2015). “§ 7410(a)(l)-(2); 40 C.F.R. §§ 58.2 (a), 58.10(a)(1). This is consistent with the system created by the CAA, “under which the federal government develops baseline standards that the states individually implement and enforce.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.