EPA Withdraws Proposed Rule for Virginia's Air Quality Plan

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn a proposed rule for the City of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, and Stafford County in Virginia, which aimed to approve a redesignation request and maintenance plan for the area's nonattainment for the eight-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). The EPA plans to re-propose the approval of the redesignation and maintenance plan in the near future, with a more detailed discussion on why the redesignation is approvable under the Clean Air Act.