Texas Doubts On EPA Ozone Science May Hint At Suit Over Strict NAAQS

摘要

Texas may be laying the groundwork for a lawsuit challenging EPA's proposed tightening of the agency's ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) if EPA issues a final standard within the range of the proposal, observers say, based on Texas environmental officials' recent criticisms of the science underlying the agency's plan.rnAt a Feb. 25 hearing of Texas' House Committee on Environmental Regulation, officials from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) argued that some studies cited by EPA in its proposed stricter ozone standard do not show significant health effects, and may even suggest that ozone is "health-protective." A TCEQ spokesperson declined to respond to a request for comment on a potential lawsuit.