East Coast States Warn EPA's CSAPR 'Closeout' Is Unlawful, Inadequate

East Coast states are warning EPA against finalizing its proposed finding that its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emissions trading program fully satisfies Clean Air Act requirements to curb interstate ozone pollution, telling the agency the proposal is based on faulty and unlawful assumptions about the problems of ozone transport. At an Aug. 1 public hearing on the issue hosted by EPA in Washington, D.C., officials from New York, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland denounced the proposal, along with the Ozone...