Environmentalists Urge OMB To Speed EPA Ozone NAAQS Implementation

Environmentalists are urging White House officials to accelerate EPA's implementation of the 2015 ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) by issuing delayed designations for which areas of the United States are attaining the NAAQS, even as the Trump administration weighs a possible reconsideration of the standard. At an Oct. 17 meeting with officials from EPA and the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB), representatives from the Environmental Defense Fund, League of Conservation Voters, National Parks Conservation Association,...