EPA Urged To Ease ‘Contingency Measure’ Policy Amid Fears Of SIP Effects

Wisconsin officials are joining southern California regulators and municipalities in pressing EPA to withdraw its controversial plan to reject a Los Angeles-area state implementation plan (SIP) to attain air standards, while also urging the agency to relax its disputed “contingency measures” (CM) policy by recognizing state limits in reducing emissions. Gail Good, director of air management for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, warned EPA Region 9 in an April 3 comment letter that unless the agency eases its CM...