Will areas need to be redesignated to attainment once the EAC areas attain the 8-hour standard by December 2007?
RESPONSE: EPA anticipates that Compact areas that attain the 8-hour ozone standard by December 2007 will be designated as attainment in Part 81 of the Code of Federal Regulations. EPA intends that these areas will not be required to be redesignated from nonattainment to attainment because the “nonattainment” designation was never effective.
