North Dakota, Industry Clash With EPA Over Visibility As Haze Plan Factor

August 23, 2024
North Dakota and industry groups are criticizing EPA’s proposed rejection of the state’s plan for further reducing regional haze, arguing the agency unlawfully dismissed visibility improvement as a “non-statutory factor,” as EPA disapproves a growing number of plans even as it tries to catch up with implementation of the program’s second phase. EPA July 10 proposed to disapprove North Dakota’s 2022 state implementation plan (SIP) covering the period 2018 to 2028. The plan is required under the Clean Air Act...


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