EPA tentatively agrees to NO2, SO2 review deadlines

摘要

U.S. EPA would commit to a series of hard deadlines for reviewing - and, if necessary, updating - its ambient air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide under a proposed consent decree released today for public comment. The tentative settlement, which still needs a judge's signature and must be made final by President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration, would require EPA officials to move ahead with a proposed rulemaking for the primary nitrogen dioxide (NO2) standards by this July, with a final rule coming by April 2018.