The Clean Air Act regulates carbon monoxide as a criteria pollutant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets National Ambient Air Quality Standards for carbon monoxide (CO). These standards include both primary standards to protect public health and secondary standards to protect the environment. EPA established the CO standards in 1971. Although the CO standards have gone through multiple periodic EPA reviews, the standards have not changed since that time. Therefore, no boundary designation processes for CO have occurred in many years. 

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1971 Standard

1-hour standard = 35 parts per million (ppm); 8-hour standard = 9 ppm

1971 Standard St. Louis Actions

MoDNR Submittal Date MoDNR Action/Document EPA Date EPA Action/Document
April 3, 2014

Proposed Revision to the Limited Maintenance Plan for the St. Louis Nonclassifiable Maintenance Area for the 8-hour Carbon Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard

Oct. 2, 2015

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Missouri, Limited Maintenance Plan for the St. Louis Nonclassifiable Maintenance Area for the 8-Hour Carbon Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard [80 FR  59611]