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U.S. EPA approves steps to improve South Coast air quality / South Coast air district’s 1-hour ozone plan will reduce emissions

Release Date: 01/16/2009
Contact Information: Francisco Arcaute, (213) 244 1815


U.S. EPA approves steps to improve South Coast air quality
South Coast air district’s 1-hour ozone plan will reduce emissions

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved parts of California’s 2003 plan to meet the 1-hour ozone standard in the South Coast, which will result in greater emissions reductions for the South Coast.

The EPA has also disapproved parts of the plan, which represent revisions to previously-approved plan elements. These particular revisions are not required by the Clean Air Act, and thus, no sanctions are associated with the disapprovals.
    ”Although the EPA has adopted a more health protective 8-hour ozone standard, areas still exceeding the 1-hour ozone standard must continue their efforts to meet the 1-hour standard,” said Deborah Jordan, Air Division Director in EPA Region 9. “By reducing emissions to meet the 1-hour standard, the South Coast will also make progress toward meeting the new 8-hour standard.”

    The EPA was challenged by the Association of Irritated Residents and the National Resources Defense Council for not acting on the 1-hour plan.

    For more information, please contact Wienke Tax, [email protected], 520.622.1622, or https://www.epa.gov/region09/air/actions/ca.html

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