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Table 7-5: Wisconsin Air Quality Nonattainment Areas for Ozone (O3)

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Table 7-5: Wisconsin Air Quality Nonattainment Areas for Ozone (O3)

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County Area Nonattainment in year Redesignation to attainment Classification Part or whole county Population (2000)
Door Door County 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Marginal RT Whole 27,961
Kenosha Milwaukee-Racine 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 149,577
Kewaunee Kewaunee County 95 96 8/26/96 Moderate Whole 20,187
Manitowoc Manitowoc County 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Moderate Whole 82,887
Milwaukee Milwaukee-Racine 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 940,164
Ozaukee Milwaukee-Racine 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 82,317
Racine Milwaukee-Racine 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 188,831
Sheboygan Sheboygan 95 96 8/26/96 Moderate Whole 112,646
Walworth Walworth County 95 96 8/26/96 Marginal Whole 93,759
Washington Milwaukee-Racine 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 117,493
Waukesha Milwaukee-Racine 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 NA Severe-17 Whole 360,767

KEY: NA = not applicable.

NOTES: Nonattainment areas do not meet the national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for the specified pollutant. Nonattainment areas are classified based on design values: Extreme = design value of 0.280 parts per million (ppm) and above; Severe-17 = design value of 0.190 up to 0.280 ppm and has 17 years to reach attainment; Severe-15 = design value of 0.180 up to 0.190 ppm and has 15 years to reach attainment; Serious = design value of 0.160 up to 0.180 ppm; Moderate = design value of 0.138 up to 0.160 ppm; Marginal = design value of 0.121 up to 0.138 ppm; Section 185A = an area designated as an ozone nonattainment area as of the date of enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and has not violated the national primary ambient air quality standard for ozone for the 36-month period commencing on Jan. 1, 1987, and ending on Dec. 31, 1989.

SOURCE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Green Book, available at http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/greenbk/anay.html as of Apr. 20, 2002.