July
15,
2003
L.
John
Iani
Regional
Administrator
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Region
10
1200
Sixth
Avenue
Seattle,
WA
98101
Re:
Recommendations
for
8­
hour
Ozone
Area
Designations
Dear
Mr.
Iani:

I
am
pleased
to
present
to
you
my
recommendations
for
air
quality
designations
in
the
State
of
Oregon
for
the
eight­
hour
ozone
National
Ambient
Air
Quality
Standard,
as
requested
by
your
letter
of
March
31,
2003.

Based
on
quality­
assured,
federal
reference
monitoring
data
collected
in
2000,
2001
and
2002,
all
areas
of
Oregon
are
in
compliance
with
the
eight­
hour
ozone
public
health
standard.
Therefore,
in
accordance
with
an
Environmental
Protection
Agency
guidance
memorandum
from
Jeffrey
Holmstead
dated
February
27,
2003,
I
recommend
that
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
designate
all
counties
in
the
state
of
Oregon
"
attainment/
unclassifiable".

If
you
have
any
questions,
please
contact
Annette
Liebe,
Manager,
Air
Quality
Planning,
Air
Quality
Division,
Department
of
Environmental
Quality,
at
(
503)
229­
6919.

Sincerely,

Theodore
R.
Kulongoski,
Governor
Enc:
Summary
of
Oregon
8­
hour
Ozone
Data,
2000­
2002
cc:
Oregon
Department
of
Environmental
Quality
Lane
Regional
Air
Pollution
Authority
Salem­
Keizer
Area
Transportation
Study
Southwest
Clean
Air
Agency
(
WA)
