Yosemite Flunks Smog Test - SF Chronicle

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Washington -- "Yosemite National Park, known for its granite peaks and majestic views, will have the dubious distinction today of joining a growing list of national parks that violate a new and more stringent federal smog standard.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Mike Leavitt said Wednesday that his agency would announce today that Yosemite would be one of eight parks nationwide that failed to meet the new standard for ground-level ozone, the main ingredient in smog.

The EPA will make a more sweeping announcement today about 100 metropolitan areas -- covering 490 counties, including many in California --

that violate the federal ozone standard. More counties are being designated as failing to meet the standard for ozone in the air as the agency shifts from its previous one-hour measurement to a more stringent eight-hour measurement."

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