Ozone and Carbon Monoxide
                  Air Quality Data Update Fact Sheet

      Following is a brief summary of EPA's 1992 air quality update
for ozone and carbon monoxide nonattainment areas.

      Ozone (O3):As required by the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA)
of 1990, EPA designated as "nonattainment"  98 areas in 1991 that
did not meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ground-
level ozone (a primary constituent of smog).  These areas were
classified as Marginal, Moderate, Serious, Severe, or Extreme
nonattainment areas based on air quality monitoring data.  Since
that listing, EPA has redesignated four of these areas to
attainment; Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC, Kansas City,
KS-MO, Knoxville, TN and Cherokee County, SC.  Unclassified and
transitional nonattainment areas are not included in these totals. 
EPA has set the ozone standard at 0.12 parts per million (ppm)
daily maximum 1-hour average concentration not to be exceeded more
than once per year on average.  Compliance with the ozone standard
is judged on the basis of the most recent three years with complete
monitoring data.  The ozone standard is met when the average
estimated exceedances of the ozone standard is less than or equal
to 1.0.  Today's list updates air quality monitoring data for the
three year period, 1990-92.  During this current three year period,
42 of the remaining 94 nonattainment areas had average estimated
exceedance rates less than or equal to 1.0.  These 42 areas meeting
the ozone standard include 27 of the 40 Marginal areas and 15 of
the 32 Moderate areas.  EPA is looking to resolve data issues
affecting the air quality status of several additional cities noted
on the accompanying tables.

      Carbon Monoxide (CO):        Of the 42 nonattainment areas
that were designated as nonattainment for carbon monoxide, all of
these areas were classified as Moderate nonattainment areas except
Los Angeles, which was classified as Serious.  Syracuse, NY is the
first classified CO nonattainment area to be redesignated as an
attainment area.  The unclassified CO nonattainment areas are not
included in these totals.  EPA's National Ambient Air Quality
Standard for carbon monoxide is 9 parts per million (ppm) 8-hour
nonoverlapping average concentration not to be exceeded more than
once per year.  The CO standard is met at a site when there are
fewer than two exceedances for the two most recent calendar years,
with complete air quality monitoring data.  During this current two
year period, 21 of the 41 nonattainment areas had less than 2
exceedances in both years, 1991 and 1992.   

      Today's listing does not mean that those areas meeting the
National Ambient Air Quality Standards during the last three years
will automatically be redesignated to attainment.  The Clean Air
Act Amendments of 1990 state that an area can be redesignated to
attainment if the following conditions are met:

      (1)   the area has complete air quality data meeting the
            national air quality standards,

      (2)   the area has a fully approved State Implementation Plan
            meeting Clean Air Act requirements,

      (3)   the area has an approved maintenance plan, including a
            contingency plan, showing attainment for 10 years,

      (4)   the improvement in air quality is due to permanent and
            enforceable reductions in emissions, and

      (5)   all applicable Clean Air Act requirements have been
            met.


OZONE FINDINGS ( 94 Nonattainment areas)

42 of 94 Ozone (O3) Nonattainment Areas have complete ozone air
quality monitoring data meeting the Ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS) during the period 1990-92.

27 of 40 Marginal Areas

Albany, NY
Allentown, PA
Altoona, PA
Buffalo, NY
Canton, OH
Columbus, OH
Edmonson County, KY
Erie, PA
Evansville, IN
Greenbrier, WV
Harrisburg, PA
Indianapolis, IN
Jefferson County, NY
Jersey County, IL
Johnstown, PA
Lancaster, PA
Lexington, KY
Memphis, TN
Norfolk, VA
Owensboro, KY
Paducah, KY
Scranton, PA
South Bend, IN
Tampa, FL
Walworth County, WI
York, PA
Youngstown, OH-PA


15 of 32 Moderate Areas

Charlotte, NC
Charleston, WV
Dayton, OH
Detroit, MI
Kewaunee County, WI
Lewiston, ME
Miami, FL
Monterey, CA
Parkersburg, WV
Pittsburgh, PA
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Reading, PA
Richmond, VA
Salt Lake City, UT
Toledo, OH




CARBON MONOXIDE FINDINGS ( 41 Nonattainment areas)

21 of 41 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Nonattainment Areas have complete
carbon monoxide air quality monitoring data meeting CO National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) during the period 1991-92.


Baltimore
Boston, MA
Chico, CA
Cleveland, OH
Colorado Springs, CO
Duluth, MN
Fresno, CA
Grants Pass, OR
Hartford, CT
Klamath Falls, OR
Lake Tahoe S. Shore, CA
Longmont, CO
Memphis, TN
Modesto, CA
Ogden, UT
Philadelphia-Camden, PA-NJ
Raleigh-Durham, NC
San Diego, CA
Seattle-Tacoma, WA
Washington, DC
Winston Salem, NC