EPA Stays Findings on Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Contributing to Ozone Nonattainment

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has amended a final rule related to the interstate transport of pollutants under the Clean Air Act, staying its findings on nitrogen oxides emissions that contribute to downwind areas' nonattainment of the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards. The decision follows a U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruling that remanded the 8-hour ozone NAAQS.