After California Threat, EPA To ‘Speak Closely’ With Other States Over SIPs

September 24, 2019
EPA is vowing to “speak closely” with states over their delayed plans for attainment of federal air quality standards, says a top agency official, following the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal highway funding from California unless the state acts quickly to submit “approvable” air quality plans to EPA. Speaking to reporters on background on a Sept. 24 teleconference, the agency official defended the threat, made in a Sept. 24 letter from EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to California Air Resources...


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