EPA Faces Widening Litigation Over Regional Haze Program Plan Delays

Environmentalists are expanding their litigation seeking to force EPA action to ensure that states have the necessary plans in place to reduce regional haze, as the vast majority of state plans for the second phase of the program are now either overdue or awaiting EPA action. In a notice of intent to sue (NOI) that EPA posted to its website Oct. 23, Sierra Club, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and Earthjustice on Aug. 23 threatened to sue the agency over...