Section 401.025. Nonattainment areas; sources affected.

 

(1)   Nonattainment areas. The department may, from time to time, issue documents defining, listing or describing any area of the state where it has determined that any ambient air quality standard for any air contaminant is not being met.

(2)   Sources affected. Upon issuing documents under sub. (1) , the department shall also issue documents identifying, listing or describing air contaminant sources located in or near nonattainment areas, the location or impact of whose emissions require such sources to comply with RACT emission limitations specified in chs. NR 415 to 418 .

(3)   Reclassification as attainment. The department may issue a document to reclassify a nonattainment area to an attainment area when it has determined that the ambient air quality standard is being met in the area for the air contaminant which caused a document to be issued under sub. (1) identifying the area as nonattainment.

History: Renum. from NR 154.03 (1) and (2), Register, September, 1986, No. 369 , eff. 10-1-86 ; cr. (3), Register, October, 1999, No. 526 , eff. 11-1-99.