section_subject: "National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for lead."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 50.16"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 50 to 51"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)The national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for lead (Pb) and its compounds are 0.15 micrograms per cubic meter, arithmetic mean concentration over a 3-month period, measured in the ambient air as Pb either by:
(1)A reference method based on appendix G of this part and designated in accordance with part 53 of this chapter or;
(2)An equivalent method designated in accordance with part 53 of this chapter.
(b)The national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for Pb are met when the maximum arithmetic 3-month mean concentration for a 3-year period, as determined in accordance with appendix R of this part, is less than or equal to 0.15 micrograms per cubic meter.