Eastern Region

Quick Links

• Region 9 Class I Areas Information Lands designated as Class I Areas under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 are afforded the highest level of protection from air pollutants in the nation.

• CENSARA Central States Air Resource Agencies
• Environmental Protection Agency
• LADCO Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
• MARAMA Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association
• Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Visibility Union

• Midwestern Climate Center

• NEARDAT

• NESCAUM

• Northeast Regional Climate Center

• National Links

• Ozone Alerts
• OTC Ozone Transport Commission
• SAMI Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative
• VISTAS - Visibility Improvement State and Tribal Association of the Southeast
• WRAP - The Western Regional Air Partnership

State Air Programs:

• Connecticut
• Illinois
• Massachusetts
• Indiana
• Maine
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• Wisconsin
• West Virginia

Air Quality Program Information

There are eight Class I Areas in Region 9, totalling 907,319 acres. These Areas include the:

• Boundary Waters Canoe Area (MN)
• Dolly Sods Wilderness (WV)
• Great Gulf Wilderness (NH)
• Hercules - Glades Wilderness (MO)
• Lye Brook Wilderness (VT)
• Otter Creek Wilderness (WV)
• Presidential Range - Dry River Wilderness (NH)
• Rainbow Lake Wilderness (WI)

To determine the air quality at several urban areas per state across much of Region 9, click here.

Information / Downloads:

• Development of Emissions Inventory Methods for Wildland Fire (Final Report)
• R9 Screening Procedure for Class 1 Areas
• Air Managment Program Statment

• Documents

• Minnesota Smoke Management Plan
• Download WinHaze Visibility Software
• FLAG Guidance on how Federal Land Managers should review air pollutant sources' effects on Class I wildernesses [ 4mb ]