Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2001-0017-0982
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-03-22T05:00Z

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Proposed
PM
NAAQS:

Urban/
Rural
Distinction
and
Agriculture
Exemptions
Scott
Nester
Director
of
Planning
March
8,
2006
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San
Joaquin
Valley
Air
Basin
Madera
Madera
Fresno
Fresno
San
Joaquin
San
Joaquin
Stanislaus
Stanislaus
Merced
Merced
Kings
Tulare
Kings
Tulare
Kern
Kern
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What
the
Proposed
Coarse
PM
Standard
Does
&
Does
Not
Protect
in
the
San
Joaquin
Valley
Protected:

6
urban
areas,

population
>
100,000:


Bakersfield

Fresno

Merced

Modesto

Stockton

Visalia
Unprotected:


Kings
and
Madera
Counties

6
additional
urban
areas,
populations
between
50,000­

100,000

43%
of
the
District's
population,
or
about
1.4
million
people
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Urban
Area
Maps
Bakersfield
Merced