EPA Approves State Ozone Plan Despite Paint Industry's Data Challenge

EPA regional officials have effectively rejected a novel industry data quality challenge to Pennsylvania's ozone reduction plan despite the intervention of a key senator and EPA's air chief -- and are poised to approve similarly disputed programs in Maryland and New York, according to state sources, environmentalists and EPA officials. State sources say the decision could protect the information supporting state regulations that are subject to EPA approval from further challenges under under the Information Quality Act, which they consider...