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Near-Term Opportunities for Industry to Reduce Compliance Costs, Avoid “Nonattainment” Designation,” in the Face of Tightened Ozone NAAQS

By Latham & Watkins on March 10, 2017 Posted in Air Quality and Climate Change

By Joel Beauvais, Claudia O’Brien, Stacey VanBelleghem and Bridget Reineking Over the past four decades, compliance with the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) has proven to be among the most costly of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. EPA tightened the primary and secondary ozone standards to 70 parts per billion (ppb) in late … Continue Reading