EPA Denial Of New York Ozone Petition Contradicts Interstate Air Ruling

EPA’s denial of New York’s Clean Air Act petition seeking federal regulation of out-of-state ozone sources appears to be at odds with a federal appeals court’s ruling days earlier that requires the agency’s primary interstate air pollution rule to respect states’ deadlines under the air law for attaining national air ambient quality standards (NAAQS). In a final rule signed by EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Sept. 20, but not yet published in the Federal Register , the agency denies New York’s...