New York urges EPA to approve interstate ozone petition

New York’s top environment official is urging EPA to reverse course and drop its proposed rejection of the state’s interstate ozone petition, warning the state will file suit if the agency does not regulate ozone-forming emissions from sources in upwind states that are transporting across state lines and hindering the Empire State’s attainment of federal ozone limits. At a June 11 public hearing held at EPA’s Washington, D.C., headquarters New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos gave...