EPA Has Not Acted on Implementation Plans Within Clean Air Act Deadlines, States Say

摘要

State regulators took issue Aug. 2 with the Environmental Protection Agency's history of not acting on state implementation plans within 18 months as required by the Clean Air Act. EPA does not face any consequences when it misses deadlines, although states face consequences for not submitting their plans on time, including the possibility of EPA issuing a federal implementation plan, Susana Hildebrand, chief engineer for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, told lawmakers during a Clean Air Act forum on Capitol Hill convened by Rep.