February
13,
2004
Mr.
Wayne
Nastri
Regional
Administrator
U.
S.
EPA
 
Region
IX
75
Hawthorne
Street
San
Francisco,
CA
94105
RE:
Recommended
designations
for
the
PM2.5
National
Ambient
Air
Quality
Standards
(
NAAQS)

Dear
Mr.
Nastri:

Pursuant
to
Section
107(
d)
of
the
1990
Clean
Air
Act,
I
am
submitting
this
letter
to
recommend
to
the
EPA
that
the
State
of
Nevada
be
designated
as
attainment
or
unclassifiable
for
the
PM2.5
NAAQS.

The
Air
Quality
Management
Division
of
the
Washoe
County
Health
Department
has
reviewed
historical
data
and
recommends
that
Washoe
County
be
designated
as
an
attainment
area
for
the
PM2.5
standard.
A
copy
of
their
letter
in
enclosed.

The
Department
of
Air
Quality
Management
in
Clark
County
has
reviewed
historical
data
and
recommends
that
Clark
County
be
designated
as
an
attainment
area
for
the
PM2.5
standard.
A
copy
of
their
letter
in
enclosed.
Please
contact
Colleen
Cripps
at
(
775)
687­
9346
if
you
have
any
questions
which
you
like
to
discuss.

Sincerely,

Allen
Biaggi,
Administrator
Nevada
Division
of
Environmental
Protection
AB:
cs
Certified
Mail:
7002
2030
0005
8437
5497
Enclosures
CC:
Colleen
Cripps,
NDEP
Andy
Goodrich,
Washoe
County
District
Health
Department
AQMD
Christine
Robinson,
Clark
County
Department
of
Air
Quality
Management.
