EPA Plans To Block Texas Haze Plan Amid Fight Over Program’s Future

EPA plans to largely disapprove Texas’ plan for implementing the second phase of the agency’s regional haze program, raising numerous concerns that the agency is now considering as it takes comment on the program’s future under a likely major revision, and underscoring how difficult it will be to implement the current phase. In a proposal slated for publication in the Federal Register Oct. 15, EPA finds multiple faults with the Texas state implementation plan (SIP) for the haze program’s...