EPA, L.A. Officials In Talks To Avoid FIP In Ozone Nonattainment Region

EPA and Los Angeles regional air regulators are holding behind-the-scenes talks to resolve differences about how the southern California area can advance an acceptable plan to meet national air quality standards for ozone and avoid EPA having to impose a federal implementation plan (FIP) with prescriptive pollution-reduction measures. The talks come several months after the South Coast air district, which covers the greater Los Angeles region, threatened to sue EPA for not approving its state implementation plan (SIP) for attaining...