Environmentalists expand suit seeking EPA action on SIPs

Environmentalists are adding California’s Ventura County to a lawsuit against EPA seeking agency action on pending ambient air standard attainment plans for regions in the Golden state and Arizona -- plans that they claim are long overdue under federal Clean Air Act deadlines. In an Aug. 13 amended complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and Center for Environmental Health (CEH) are seeking an order for EPA to take...