OTC Shifts Focus Of Ozone Cuts To Trucks, Natural Gas & Cement Plants

The Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) of 12 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states is shifting its focus on plans for ozone reductions from its traditional targeting of power plant emissions to other ozone sources including natural gas infrastructure, cement manufacturing plants and truck idling in order to meet EPA's stricter ozone limit. At a Sept. 7 meeting in Washington, D.C., OTC states debated their proposed strategies for emission reductions that could be adopted by the group and recommended to states and EPA...