States Fault EPA's 'Optimistic' Ozone Data, Seek New Air Transport Policy

Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states in the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) area are faulting what they see as EPA's overly optimistic projections that no areas outside California are likely to exceed the 2008 ozone air standard in 2023, calling on the agency to instead pursue a “full remedy” policy to curb interstate ozone transport. At their fall meeting in Washington, D.C., air regulators from the 12-state OTC issued a formal resolution calling into question recent EPA calculations of future ozone attainment,...