Maryland sues EPA over interstate ozone petition denial

Maryland is suing EPA over its denial of the state's petition seeking direct federal regulation of out-of-state air emissions, as East Coast states fight for new federal measures to combat interstate ozone problems. In a suit filed Oct. 12 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the state seeks review of EPA's Oct. 5 final denial of petitions filed by Maryland and Delaware for EPA to regulate ozone-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) The states petitioned EPA...