Air Plan Approval and Air Quality Designation; Ohio; Attainment Plan and Redesignation of the Canton Area to Attainment of the 2008 Lead Standard

What it does

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the State of Ohio's attainment plan for the Canton Nonattainment Area for the 2008 Lead (Pb) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Additionally, the EPA is proposing to determine that the Canton Nonattainment Area has attained the 2008 Pb NAAQS and to approve Ohio's maintenance plan for continued attainment. With these approvals, the EPA is also proposing to approve Ohio's comprehensive Pb emissions inventory and to act in accordance with Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's (Ohio EPA) request to redesignate the Canton Nonattainment Area from nonattainment to attainment of the 2008 Pb NAAQS. The EPA is taking these actions in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the EPA's implementation regulations regarding the 2008 Pb NAAQS.

The Environmental Protection Agency's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

2 parts of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

40 CFR 52, 40 CFR 81

What happens next and when

Comments must be received on or before May 11, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket EPA-R05-OAR-2025-0222 on Regulations.gov
• Title 40 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register