Environmental & Energy
Oct. 2, 2023
EPA missed deadline to revise air quality standards, lawsuit alleges
Because the five-year deadline to finalize a new assessment has passed, the nonprofits said they are suing to ensure the EPA fulfills this mandatory requirement.
An environmental group accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of failing in its duty to review and potentially revise air quality standards for nitrogen oxides in the past five years.
The Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club and Center for Environmental Health argued in a complaint filed Thursday in San Francisco that the EPA has recognized this duty is not discretionary under the Clean Air Act, but the last time a revie...
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