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The Obama Administrative continues to be heavily criticized by industry for its aggressive development of greenhouse gas regulations. In contrast to the dizzying pace of new greenhouse gas regulations stands finalization of a new ozone standard…something the President promised to do after being elected to his first term.
Under the Clean Air Act, EPA is…
The Obama Administration, after stopping the implementation of the Bush-era ozone standard, has delayed choosing a revised standard three times. These delays had given hope that EPA may wait to choose a revised standard until after the election.
In conversations with representatives for industry most impacted by the revised ozone standards, they told me they thought the Administration was positioning…
Yesterday, U.S. EPA announced a proposed rulemaking to formally recognize Cleveland and nearby counties as achieving the 1997 8-hour ozone standard (.085ppb). As discussed in a previous post, this is very good news for Northeast Ohio businesses in any of the following counties: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit. U.S. EPA is taking comments…
