EPA Sets Deadlines For Reclassified Ozone Areas, Cuts ‘Contingency’ Steps

EPA is proposing deadlines for areas violating federal ozone limits that are reclassified to worsened nonattainment status, setting a default 18-month deadline for submission of revised state compliance plans and application of control measures, but eliminating some requirements including ‘contingency measures’ (CMs) tied to former attainment dates. In its proposal published in the Federal Register Oct. 4, EPA floats deadlines that would apply to steps that states must take when their existing ozone nonattainment zones are reclassified to worsened...