New York threatens to sue EPA over interstate ozone air petition

New York State is threatening to sue EPA to force the agency to grant or deny its Clean Air Act petition asking for direct federal regulation of air pollution sources in several upwind states that the Empire State says are responsible for much of its problems attaining federal ozone standards. In a Nov. 7 letter to EPA , New York gives 60 days’ notice of its intent to sue EPA in federal district court to force the agency to respond...