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Ground-level Ozone Pollution

Clean Air Act Section 176A Petition from Maine

Maine has petitioned EPA to remove portions of the state from the Ozone Transport Region. Read Maine's petition and submission letter as well as EPA's proposed response and a summary fact sheet below.

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Petition to Remove Portions of the State of Maine from the Ozone Transport Region Under the Authority of Clean Air Act 176A(a)(2) (PDF)(67 pp, 4 MB)
Letter from Maine submitting petition (PDF)(2 pp, 97 K)
Notice of Proposed Action: Response to Clean Air Act Section 176A Petition from Maine (PDF)(54 pp, 551 K)
(Pre-publication Federal Register Notice)
Fact Sheet: Response to Clean Air Act Section 176A Petition from Maine (PDF)(2 pp, 177 K)