EPA skirts court decision in ozone implementation rule

摘要

EPA has issued a long-awaited final implementation strategy for its 2015 ozone standard that touts regulatory flexibility but punts on key issues flagged by an appellate court ruling earlier this year.The rule sets cleanup plan requirements for 22 states with areas that are in nonattainmnt for the 70 parts per billion standard, as well as the District of Columbia.Those include timing deadlines, "reasonably available" technologies to help meet the standard and yardsticks for showing progress. The regulations will take effect 60 days after they're published in the Federal Register.