SAN JOAQUIN AIR PLAN HEADS TO ARB, EPA; LEGAL FIGHT POSSIBLE

October 15, 2004
The air board later this month is expected to approve a controversial ozone attainment plan for the San Joaquin Valley that may test the state's oversight role as well as U.S. EPA's transition from a one-hour attainment standard to an eight-hour standard, according to sources. Environmentalists maintain that the district and the regulatory agencies are violating the Clean Air Act by allowing the district to extend compliance with the standards and approving a plan that will soon be moot. At...


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