EPA Proposes Plan to Make 2 Texas Counties Comply With Clean Air Act

Published on August 27, 2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a rule to bring two counties in Texas into compliance with sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission standards. Under the Clean Air Act, each state is required to submit plans to the EPA showing how it will control certain types of air pollution. The EPA reviews these state implementation plans (SIPs) and approves those that comply with the Clean Air Act. In 2010, the EPA revised the SO2 emission standards under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. In 2022, Texas submitted an SIP for Rusk and Panola counties deeming them “nonattainment areas” or regions that do not comply with the SO2 emission standards. The agency determined that Texas’s SIP carried deficiencies that prevented approval....

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