STATES SAY EPA AIRCRAFT RULE WOULD UNDERCUT AIR QUALITY MANDATES

State and local air regulators have filed a legal brief arguing that EPA's final rule setting aircraft engine emission standards could make it difficult for areas to meet the agency's national ambient air quality standards. The State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators/Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials (STAPPA/ALAPCO) is suing EPA in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seeking review of the agency's rule requiring nitrogen oxide (NOx) reductions from aircraft engines. In...