STATES PUSH EPA TO SLOW DECISION ON MAJOR OVERHAUL OF VOC POLICY

State officials are urging EPA to delay announcing its recent decision to initiate a rulemaking for overhauling the way it regulates ozone-forming volatile organic compounds (VOCs), charging that EPA developed the proposal after consulting mainly with industry groups. EPA is set before the end of August to more forward with its recent decision to issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) for a new rule on how to regulate the compounds based on their potential to form ozone, according...