EPA Proposes Nonattainment Classification for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Ozone Area

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed that the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area failed to meet the 2008 8-hour ozone national air quality standards by the deadline of July 20, 2016, and is now classified as a Moderate nonattainment area, requiring Texas to submit revised State Implementation Plan (SIP) by January 1, 2017.