ACTIVISTS HOPE CALIFORNIA OZONE STANDARD SETS BAR FOR NEW EPA LEVELS

Even though it lacks enforceability, environmentalists hope to use the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) strict new 8-hour ozone standard as a marker for a future EPA standard as the agency's scientific advisors begin reviewing the adequacy of the national ozone limit this week. However, industry groups that objected to the California change say they will continue to fight any effort to impose an equivalent national standard. CARB April 28 adopted a new 8-hour ozone standard, which sets the acceptable...