States Urge Critics To Drop Suits Over Ozone Rule As EPA Weighs Expansion

East Coast states are urging their “upwind” neighbors to drop a slew of lawsuits aimed at halting EPA’s Good Neighbor Plan (GNP) for limiting interstate ozone, warning that the cuts required to improve public health and meet statutory deadlines are at risk as the Biden administration weighs a new plan that might further enlarge the rule’s scope. In comments submitted to EPA Oct. 30, the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC), a regional air body comprising 12 states in the Northeast and...