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EPA designates areas non-compliant with 2015 ozone standards
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EPA designates 51 areas in 22 states non-compliant with 2015 ozone standards
KEEP IN MIND IT WAS ONLY AFTER PRUITT WAS COURT ORDERED TO COMPLY WITH OBAMA ERA REGULATION
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ENVIRONMENT MAY 1, 2018 / 1:51 PM / A DAY AGO
EPA designates areas non-compliant with 2015 ozone standards
Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday identified 51 areas in 22 states that do not currently meet federal ozone requirements, a step toward carrying out national air quality standards for ozone that were issued in 2015.
The announcement comes after a federal court in March ordered the EPA to implement the agency’s 2015 ozone standards and designate areas in the country that do not meet them.
The agency had until April 30 to comply with the order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Sixteen state attorneys general as well as a coalition of environmental groups sued last autumn to force Pruitt to meet the deadline and implement the smog standards.
EPA designates areas non-compliant with 2015 ozone standards
Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday identified 51 areas in 22 states that do not currently meet federal ozone requirements, a step toward carrying out national air quality standards for ozone that were issued in 2015.
The announcement comes after a federal court in March ordered the EPA to implement the agency’s 2015 ozone standards and designate areas in the country that do not meet them.
The agency had until April 30 to comply with the order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
....
Sixteen state attorneys general as well as a coalition of environmental groups sued last autumn to force Pruitt to meet the deadline and implement the smog standards.