Court Rejects Inadequate Contingency Measure In EPA Ozone-Plan Approval

A federal appellate panel has rejected EPA’s approval of California’s ozone attainment plan for the heavily polluted San Joaquin Valley, CA, agreeing with environmentalists that the plan’s single contingency measure is inadequate to help meet air quality limits and that the Trump EPA unlawfully changed its position on the role of such measures. A source familiar with the case says the majority’s endorsement of the need for strong contingency measures as a “meaningful plan B” is key and will be...