Air: Lawmakers reintroduce bill to delay, reform NAAQS process

February 2, 2017
A group of mostly GOP senators has reintroduced a bill that would extend EPA's process for setting national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) and ease future limits, legislation that could win approval given its support from top Republican leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI). S. 263 , introduced Feb. 1 by Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) seeks to extend the NAAQS review cycle from the current five years to 10 years, while...


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