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Louisiana SIP: LAC 33:III Ch. 7 Section 705. Standards: Description of Ambient Air Quality Standards; SIP effective 1989-05-08 (LAc49)

Regulatory Text: 
Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 33 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Part III Air (LAC 33:III) 

Chapter 7. Ambient Air Quality

Section 705. Standards
Approved by EPA 03/08/89 (54 FR 09795) at 52.970(c)(49) effective 05/08/89.

   The standards of ambient air quality listed in Tables 1 and 1a define the limits of air contamination by particulates and gases, above which limits the ambient air is hereby declared to be unacceptable and requires air pollution control measures. Until additional pertinent information becomes available through surveillance and research with respect to the effects of the air contaminants listed in Tables 1 and 1a, the air quality limits listed in Tables 1 and 1a shall apply in Louisiana. The limits stated include normal background levels of particulates and gases.

   AUTHORITY NOTE:  Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:1084.
   HISTORICAL NOTE:  Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Air Quality and Nuclear Energy, Air Quality Division in LR 13:741 (December 1987).

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