MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Assessment
of
Progress
for
Region
4
Early
Action
Compact
Areas
FROM:
Kay
T.
Prince,
Chief
Air
Planning
Branch
TO:
Barbara
Driscoll,
Acting
Group
Leader
Geographic
Strategies
Group
We
have
received
all
of
the
June
30,
2006,
progress
reports
from
each
of
the
17
Early
Action
Compact
(
EAC)
areas
in
Region
4.
These
progress
reports
were
received
on­
time
and
are
consistent
with
the
Protocol
for
Early
Action
Compacts
Designed
to
Achieve
and
Maintain
the
8­
Hour
Ozone
Standard.

Based
on
our
review
we
have
determined
that
satisfactory
progress
has
been
made
toward
timely
implementation
of
the
required
activities
in
the
North
Carolina,
South
Carolina,
Tennessee
and
Georgia
EAC
State
Implementation
Plans
(
SIPs).

All
of
the
Region
4
EAC
areas
have
2005
data
indicating
attainment
of
the
8­
hour
standard.
We
recommend
the
Region
4
EAC
areas
receive
the
third
and
final
extension
of
the
effective
date
of
nonattainment
designation
to
April
15,
2008.

If
you
have
any
questions,
please
contact
me
at
(
404)
562­
9026
or
Jane
Spann
at
(
404)
562­
9029.
