States, Environmentalists Fault EPA Over Secrecy With Ozone 'Task Force'

Clarification Appended Some states and environmentalists are faulting EPA's secrecy over the work of its internal “task force” crafting a report to Congress on how to ease implementation of agency ozone standards, with states saying they are excluded from the effort and environmentalists fearing that the report will lead to weakening of the standards. “I have heard nothing out of the task force and not even certain who is on it. With 2015 ozone implementation on hold, the Agency may...