AZ HCM2008

Urges the President and Congress to prevent the EPA from imposing penalties on Arizona for noncompliance with ozone standards that the memorial characterizes as impossible to achieve.

Objects to the EPA's September 16, 2022 reclassification of Maricopa County as a moderate nonattainment area for ozone, citing the 2015 EPA guideline reduction of acceptable ozone levels from 75ppb to 70ppb as the cause.

Argues that higher ozone levels in Maricopa County result from natural events and external activity outside the state's control, not local sources.

Claims that removing all 4,000,000 internal combustion vehicles from the Phoenix metropolitan area would not achieve EPA ozone compliance, citing statements from the Maricopa Association of Governments.

Directs Arizona's Secretary of State to transmit copies of the memorial to the President, Congress leadership, and all Arizona Members of Congress.