Court Orders EPA to Redo Ozone Findings in Five States


Court Orders EPA to Redo Ozone Findings in Five States
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the EPA erred when it found at least seven counties in five states were meeting federal ozone limits, and the court ordered the agency to rework the designations for all the challenged areas using the latest science. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in a per curiam decision, sided with multiple environmental groups led by Clean Wisconsin. The groups claimed the Environmental Protection Agency didn’t follow its own scientific and technical record when it decided many counties nationwide had met the 2015 ozone pollution standard of 70 parts per billion. “It’s a big win for public health and the environment,” said Ann Weeks, senior attorney for Clean Air Task Force, who argued the case on behalf of Clean Wisconsin in November. “The court recognized these decisions should have been made on science grounds and rational bases, and not arbitrarily on political considerations.”. The court said the EPA has to redo the designations “as expeditiously as practicable” for all but one of a dozen areas that were subject to the legal challenge, including Racine County, Wis... See Also: Court rules EPA must reassess air pollution designations in Illinois, elsewhere EPA will get to take a second look at southeastern Wisconsin ozone standards ...more Ken Notes: I am not sure this is a win, it will be interesting to see the new results. Also we must work with businesses to create reasonable standards that let them bring new cleaner companies into the mix. Now we simply force these to go to a neighboring community or overseas. This is a global problem and requires global solutions.
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A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the EPA erred when it found at least seven counties in five states were meeting federal ozone limits, and the court ordered the agency to rework the designations for all the challenged areas using the latest science.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in a per curiam decision, sided with multiple environmental groups led by Clean Wisconsin. The groups claimed the Environmental Protection Agency didn’t follow its own scientific and technical record when it decided many counties nationwide had met the 2015 ozone pollution standard of 70 parts per billion.

“It’s a big win for public health and the environment,” said Ann Weeks, senior attorney for Clean Air Task Force, who argued the case on behalf of Clean Wisconsin in November. “The court recognized these decisions should have been made on science grounds and rational bases, and not arbitrarily on political considerations.”.

The court said the EPA has to redo the designations “as expeditiously as practicable” for all but one of a dozen areas that were subject to the legal challenge, including Racine County, Wis...

See Also:

Court rules EPA must reassess air pollution designations in Illinois, elsewhere

EPA will get to take a second look at southeastern Wisconsin ozone standards

...more

Ken Notes: I am not sure this is a win, it will be interesting to see the new results. Also we must work with businesses to create reasonable standards that let them bring new cleaner companies into the mix. Now we simply force these to go to a neighboring community or overseas. This is a global problem and requires global solutions.

Court Orders EPA to Redo Ozone Findings in Five States

Court rules EPA must reassess air pollution designations in Illinois, elsewhere

EPA will get to take a second look at southeastern Wisconsin ozone standards

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