EPA ‘Good Neighbor’ Ozone Plan Under More Legal Fire From States

The federal implementation plan at the center of the EPA's plan to control traveling smog pollution drew a lawsuit from Texas on Wednesday.

Texas and other industry associations in the state are targeting the federal good neighbor program that was slated to replace a rejected state air plan. They filed a petition for review at the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Under National Ambient Air Quality Standards, states set their own programs to tackle regulated types of air pollutants that then must be approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. If the plans are not approved, the agency ...

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