EPA Moves To Finalize 32-State Haze Deadline Deal As It Faults Another Plan

EPA is moving to finalize a consent decree deal with environmentalists setting deadlines for the agency to act on dozens of overdue state plans to curb air pollution under the second phase of its haze program, even as the agency faults Missouri’s plan for failing to adequately consider further measures to cut emissions. In a motion filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia June 28, EPA moved to enter its proposed deal reached in Sierra Club,...