Judge Asked to Order Effective DC Metro Smog Plans

Environment News Service, July, 2004

WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — The Sierra Club has filed a lawsuit to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to formally disapprove of deficient smog control plans for the Washington metropolitan area within 45 days.

Plan disapproval would trigger time limits for imposition of sanctions and federal pollution controls unless the deficiencies are corrected.

The legal action filed in federal district court for the District of Columbia Wednesday by Earthjustice, acting on behalf of the Sierra Club, asks the court to set a deadline for final EPA action on the smog plans, which a federal appeals court declared to be legally deficient nearly six months ago.

The Washington, DC area has violated federal ozone standards for years. In February the Court of Appeals...

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