40 CFR 50.17
§ 50.17 National primary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides (sulfur dioxide).
United States · 40 CFR — Protection of Environment · Status: effective
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- 40 CFR 50.17, § 50.17 National primary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides (sulfur dioxide), United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/169707
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(a) The level of the national primary 1-hour annual ambient air quality standard for oxides of sulfur is 75 parts per billion (ppb, which is 1 part in 1,000,000,000), measured in the ambient air as sulfur dioxide (SO2).
(b) The 1-hour primary standard is met at an ambient air quality monitoring site when the three-year average of the annual (99th percentile) of the daily maximum 1-hour average concentrations is less than or equal to 75 ppb, as determined in accordance with appendix T of this part.
(c) The level of the standard shall be measured by a reference method based on appendix A or A-1 of this part, or by a Federal Equivalent Method (FEM) designated in accordance with part 53 of this chapter.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.