NORTHEAST STATES WORRY OVER EPA GUIDE WAIVING SOME OZONE MANDATES

September 24, 2004
EPA's plan to continue waiving some nitrogen oxide (NOx) reduction requirements as states transition to implementing the agency's new 8-hour ozone rule is reviving northeast states' concerns about potential increases in ozone transported from upwind states obtaining the exemptions, state sources say. EPA is proposing in a Sept. 1 draft guidance -- which updates a 1993 guidance on ozone rule implementation -- to continue waiving NOx requirements under section 182(f) of the Clean Air Act in areas where lowering emissions...


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