EPA agrees to deadlines for action on ‘numerous’ air plans

EPA has reached a proposed consent decree with environmentalists to take overdue final action approving or disapproving “numerous” revisions to state implementation plans (SIPs) for Clean Air Act compliance in several Southern states, relating to permitting, ozone limits, interstate air pollution, regional haze and other issues. In a notice scheduled for publication in the Federal Register April 23, EPA announces the decree that would settle litigation brought against the agency in the U.S. District Court for the District of...