Industry, States Reject EPA’s Proposed Denial Of Ozone Transport Plans

A broad coalition of utility and other industry groups says EPA’s proposed denial of 19 states’ ozone transport plans is “legally and technically flawed,” while both Midwestern and some East Coast states are also criticizing the proposal in a rare show of unity over an issue that typically divides interior states from their coastal neighbors. EPA has proposed to disapprove the state implementation plans (SIPs) that many states drafted to satisfy the Clean Air Act’s “good neighbor” requirement to mitigate...