INDUSTRY GROUPS PETITION EPA TO EXTEND 8-HOUR OZONE DEADLINES

October 7, 2004
Several industry groups, led by the American Petroleum Institute (API), filed a Sept. 24 petition with EPA asking the agency to extend the deadlines for complying with its strict 8-hour ozone rule. The groups argue that EPA's new analysis of the rule shows many communities will fail to meet the standard on time, unless local areas require significant additional emission cuts from sources other than those already subject to federal rules that industry believes are unnecessary. The petition for reconsideration...


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