EPA Finds 11 States’ Ozone Plans Missing, Starting Clock For Sanctions

EPA is issuing formal findings that 11 states have failed to submit air quality plans to meet federal ozone limits required by the Clean Air Act, triggering a two-year deadline for the agency to issue its own rules for the affected regions, partially in response to a recent lawsuit filed by environmental groups seeking to force that action. In a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication Oct. 18, EPA says it is making final determinations that Arizona, California, Connecticut,...