New York petitions EPA to cut ozone from plants in nine states

New York State is petitioning EPA to directly regulate interstate air emissions from dozens of power plants in nine upwind states that the Empire State says are significantly contributing to its problems attaining federal ozone standards, part of a broader effort by Eastern states to press the agency to assist in curbing interstate air pollution. In its petition filed March 12 , New York asks the agency to regulate plants under Clean Air Act section 126, which allows EPA to...