Environmentalists File Fresh Lawsuit Over Pennsylvania Ozone Controls

Environmentalists are again suing EPA over its approval of Pennsylvania regulations setting ozone controls for power plants in the state, in a continuation of a long-running dispute over the adequacy of the Keystone State’s measures for curbing ozone-forming air emissions. In its lawsuit filed Oct. 18 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) challenges EPA’s Aug. 19 approval of Pennsylvania’s “case-by-case” determinations for reasonably available control technology (RACT) for six power...