Energy & environment · 10/06/2004

EPA Proposes Approval of Texas Implementation Plan and Emissions Budgets for El Paso Ozone Nonattainment Area

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan to demonstrate attainment of the one-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard in the El Paso ozone nonattainment area, primarily for emissions from outside the US, and to approve the area's volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides emissions budgets to meet Federal Clean Air Act requirements.