EPA Poised To Disapprove San Joaquin SIP Over EJ, Civil Rights Concerns

Correction Appended EPA is for the first time proposing to “disapprove” a Clean Air Act state implementation plan (SIP) over environmental justice (EJ) and civil rights issues, after advocates raised these concerns in comments on the agency’s now-revoked plan to approve the SIP to meet the 2012 national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The proposed disapproval , published in the Oct. 5 Federal Register and open for comment through Nov. 21, would require...