AIR & WATER POLLUTION

MONITORING NEWSLETTER  

July 2012
No. 393

EPA Will Issue Final PM NAAQS by December 14

On June 5^th, EPA and plaintiffs in the case American Lung Association v. EPA reached a tentative settlement agreement under which the agency agreed to sign the final revised particulate matter (PM) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) by December 14, 2012. EPA also asked the court to allow the agency until June 14, 2012 to sign a proposed rule and to postpone a June 11 hearing to determine a timeline for signing the final revised NAAQS. The case was filed by the American Lung Association and National Parks Conservation Association, along with the states of New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, to compel EPA to issue the revised NAAQS. The tentative settlement agreement calls for parities to draft a proposed consent decree by June 15, 2012.

 

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