EPA Region 6's Haze Plan 'Sets Tone' For 'Reasonable Progress' Mandate

EPA Region 6's federal implementation plan (FIP) imposing regional haze emissions reduction requirements on Texas and Oklahoma “sets the tone” for looming requirements for a slew of states on how to meet a Clean Air Act mandate to achieve “reasonable progress” in meeting the haze program's goals, an environmentalist says. The region's decision to impose a FIP comes as EPA headquarters is writing an upcoming rulemaking, announced in its October Action Initiation List (AIL) of upcoming regulations, on haze program...