EPA Approval Of Virginia Ozone SIP Appears To Violate D.C. Circuit Ruling

EPA is approving a Virginia plan for attaining the 2008 ozone standard that scraps emission control measures for the revoked weaker 1997 ozone standard, a move that appears to violate a recent federal appeals court ruling that rejected much of an agency rule allowing the removal of some control measures for rescinded ambient air standards. “It's definitely possible that this regulation would run into trouble” with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's recent ruling limiting...