40 CFR 50.17 : Protection Of Environment (§ 1.1 To Parts 1851-1899) — (§ 50.1 To Appendix Y To Part 51) — Environmental Protection Agency (Continued) (§ 50.1 To Appendix Y To Part 51) — Air Programs (§ 50.1 To Appendix Y To Part 51) — National Primary And Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards (§ 50.1 To Appendix U To Part 50) — National primary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides (sulfur dioxide).

(a) The level of the national primary 1-hour annual ambient air quality standard for oxides of sulfur is 75 parts per billion (ppb, which is 1 part in 1,000,000,000), measured in the ambient air as sulfur dioxide (SO2).

(b) The 1-hour primary standard is met at an ambient air quality monitoring site when the three-year average of the annual (99th percentile) of the daily maximum 1-hour average concentrations is less than or equal to 75 ppb, as determined in accordance with appendix T of this part.

(c) The level of the standard shall be measured by a reference method based on appendix A or A-1 of this part, or by a Federal Equivalent Method (FEM) designated in accordance with part 53 of this chapter.