Hofmeister: Economic Benefits 'Incalculable' from Deferred Ozone Proposal

摘要

On September 2, 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama and his appointees to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that a draft proposal for a tightened ozone Na-tional Ambient Air Quality Standard was being withdrawn. Now, any such reconsideration of the ozone standard must wait until at least 2013, the President and EPA said.