---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 51.285"
title: "40"
number: "51.285"
heading: "Public notification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/51.285"
---

# §51.285. Public notification.


By March 1, 1980, the State shall submit a plan revision that contains provisions for:

- (a) Notifying the public on a regular basis of instances or areas in which any primary standard was exceeded during any portion of the preceding calendar year,
- (b) Advising the public of the health hazards associated with such an exceedance of a primary standard, and
- (c) **Increasing public awareness of—**
  - (1) Measures which can be taken to prevent a primary standard from being exceeded, and
  - (2) **Ways in which the public can participate in regulatory and other efforts to improve air quality.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 27569, May 10, 1979]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 110, 301(a), 313, 319, Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7410, 7601(a), 7613, 7619).

### Authority

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 101; 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 22398, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 27569, May 10, 1979]