In Loss For EPA, Judge Sets Tight Deadline For Interstate Ozone Air Plans

A federal district court judge has issued a decision giving EPA a tight deadline of March 15, 2021, to issue “good neighbor” ozone emissions-reduction plans for seven “upwind” states that contribute to East Coast states’ problems attaining federal ozone standards, rejecting EPA’s assertion that such a tight timeframe is “impossible.” In his July 28 order and opinion for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in New Jersey, et al. v. EPA, et al ., Judge...