EPA OFFICIALS CALL PUBLICLY FOR ANALYSIS ON TIGHTER OZONE STANDARDS

EPA staff are suggesting that the agency analyze the health effects of ozone standards more stringent than the agency's existing requirements, which may signal that agency staff plan to propose going beyond the current 8-hour ozone rule, according to state offcials and environmentalists. The agency staff are citing "strong evidence" linking short-term ozone exposure and mortality, which is now the subject of intense discussion among EPA scientists and in the White House. Particulate matter emissions have long been associated with...