EPA Backs Oregon Haze Plan Over Park Service, Environmentalists’ Criticism

EPA has granted final approval to Oregon’s plan for implementing the regional haze program’s second phase, despite pushback from the National Park Service (NPS) and environmentalists who say it does not meet the stringent requirements of the Regional Haze Rule (RHR), amid an ongoing review of the program. In a notice published in the Federal Register Oct. 8, EPA approves Oregon’s state implementation plan (SIP) for the second phase of the regional haze program, which runs from 2018 to...