EPA Finalizes Controversial Guide Easing Air Act ‘Contingency Measures’

EPA is finalizing guidance easing requirements for states to craft “contingency measures” (CMs) that apply if areas miss milestones for attaining federal air quality standards, retaining the approach it floated in a 2023 draft despite states’ warnings that it asks too much of them, and environmentalists’ claims that it does not go far enough to curb pollution. The final guide , which is dated Dec. 3 but was only announced publicly in a Federal Register notice slated for publication...