Wyoming, PacifiCorp Sue EPA To Force Approval Of State Haze Plans

Wyoming and electric utility PacifiCorp are suing EPA to force agency approval or denial of Wyoming and Utah state implementation plans (SIPs) for curbing regional haze, filing suits in federal district courts only days before environmentalists are expected to sue over EPA’s failure to act on these and many other haze plans. Wyoming in a suit filed Oct. 24 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming says EPA has missed an August deadline to approve or deny...