Regulation & law · 19/10/2007

EPA Approves Pennsylvania's Plan to Reduce Ozone Pollution in Youngstown Area

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a plan by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to redesignate the Mercer County portion of the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon, OH-PA 8-hour ozone nonattainment area as an attainment area, meeting the 8-hour ozone ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). The plan includes a maintenance plan and a 2002 base year inventory, which EPA has also approved.