March
21,
2005
Ms.
Beverly
Banister,
Director
Air,
Pesticides
and
Toxics
Management
Division
U.
S.
EPA,
Region
4
Atlanta
Federal
Center
61
Forsyth
Street,
S.
W.
Atlanta,
Georgia
30303­
8960
Dear
Ms.
Banister:

In
the
January
5,
2005,
Federal
Register
notice
"
Air
Quality
Designations
and
Classifications
for
the
Fine
Particle
(
PM2.5)
National
Ambient
Air
Quality
Standards",
EPA
designated
Dekalb
and
Etowah
Counties
as
unclassifiable
based
on
2001­
2003
monitoring
data.
Since
that
time
our
monitoring
data
for
calendar
year
2004
has
been
collected
and
certified
and
shows
the
two
sites
to
be
in
compliance
with
the
annual
PM2.5
standard
(
see
table
below).
We
are
requesting
that
these
two
counties
be
designated
as
attainment
based
on
the
2002
 
2004
monitoring
data.

Annual
PM2.5
Concentrations
for
2002
­
2004
Site
Monitor
ID
County
2002
2003
2004
2002­
2004
Crossville
01­
049­
1003­
88101­
1
DeKalb
14.4
15.0
14.1
14.5
Gadsden
01­
055­
0010­
88101­
1
Etowah
14.8
14.3
14.3
14.5
EPA's
immediate
attention
to
this
request
would
be
appreciated
so
a
change
can
be
affected
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
the
rule.
If
you
have
any
questions,
please
contact
Ken
Barrett
of
my
staff
at
(
334)
271­
7870
Sincerely,

Ronald
W.
Gore,
Chief
Air
Division
RWG/
sls
