Senators push bipartisan bill to revive ozone early action plans

Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) have introduced a bill to revive the George W. Bush EPA Early Action Compact (EAC) program that would allow states to avoid classification as out of attainment with federal ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) if they take early steps to meet the limits. The bill, S. 1203 introduced May 23 , follows the Obama administration's decision in 2009 to stop the EAC program due to doubts about whether it was...