Environmentalists vow suit to force EPA action on ozone SIP

Environmentalists are threatening to sue EPA in 60 days to finalize action on ozone attainment plans for California’s Ventura County, charging that the agency has unlawfully delayed a decision on five components of the county’s plan. “The EPA’s foot-dragging is literally choking the county’s most vulnerable residents,” said Caroline Cox, research director at the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), in a June 4 press release. “If we’re going to guarantee healthy, clean air for everyone in the country, the EPA...