EPA Approves Four States’ Ozone Transport Plans Amid Scramble To Act

EPA has approved four southeastern states’ interstate ozone transport plans, finding they do not contribute “significantly” to ozone problems elsewhere and rejecting environmentalists’ criticisms of its methodology in assessing interstate emissions, as the agency scrambles to act on plans submitted by multiple states. In a notice published in the Federal Register Dec. 2, EPA gives final approval to state implementation plans (SIPs) submitted by Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The plans assess whether states need to mitigate their...