# Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Atlanta; Requirements for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard
> **Rule** · Direct final rule. · Published 2017-03-22 · Effective 2017-05-22 · 82 FR 14611
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-05459
- **Category:** air-emissions
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 14611
- **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 52
- **Publication date:** 2017-03-22
- **Effective date:** 2017-05-22
- **State:** GA
- **EPA docket:** EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0248
## Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve the portion of a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted on February 6, 2015, by the State of Georgia, through the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD), addressing the nonattainment new source review (NNSR) requirements for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for the Atlanta, Georgia 2008 8-hour ozone nonattainment area (hereinafter referred to as the "Atlanta Area" or "Area"). The Atlanta Area is comprised of 15 counties in Atlanta (Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Paulding, and Rockdale). This action is being taken pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and its implementing regulations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/22/2017-05459/air-plan-approval-georgia-atlanta-requirements-for-the-2008-8-hour-ozone-standard)
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