EPA Leaves Door Open On Applying Data Challenges To State Rules

EPA is declining to rule definitively on whether the Information Quality Act (IQA) should apply to agency-approved state actions, suggesting in recent correspondence with the paint industry that the sector's long-running opposition to state ozone rules could be considered in a challenge to another state plan. A final EPA decision on allowing the paint industry's IQA request to move forward would likely set a precedent on whether the federal government believes the act can force revisions to state regulatory actions...