EPA extends deadline for responding to New York's ozone petition

EPA is granting itself another six months to respond to a petition by New York for the agency to directly regulate interstate air pollution from sources in nine states, as East Coast states pile pressure on the Trump EPA to address Midwestern and Southern emissions that compromise attainment of federal ozone standards. In a direct final rule published in the Federal Register May 11, EPA extends the deadline for its response to New York's petition from May 13 until...