Topic
Ozone
15 published works
Law & The Environment
The EJ Movement Wants to Tighten the NAAQS. Will It Happen?
By Seth Jaffe
The White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council recently weighed in on EPA’s decision whether to lower the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM2.5 and ozone. Specifically, with respect to…
Environmental Law +
Ozone Nonattainment “Bump-up” in Connecticut: Is your facility about to get bumped into more stringent air regulations?
By Brian Freeman, Earl Phillips
For air emission sources in New Haven County, Middlesex County, and Shelton, Connecticut, the regulatory landscape will change on November 7, 2022. Per a regulation published on October 7, 2022,…
Law & The Environment
EPA Will Reconsider the Ozone NAAQS — What Is An Adequate Margin of Safety, Anyway?
By Seth Jaffe
On Friday, EPA announced that it was reconsidering its 2020 decision to leave the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone unchanged. The reconsideration will be based on the existing…
Environmental Law Next
The Chicago Ozone Nonattainment Area Status Has Become a Moving Target
By Ann Zwick
The ink is barely dry on the reclassification of the Chicago ozone nonattainment area from moderate to serious, under the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), and the…
Environmental and Climate
EPA’s Smog Rule Wins Some Points with Industry, Disappoints Environmentalists
Without worrying about being reelected, President Obama has made some bold and controversial choices in the back half of his presidency. And the latest EPA move is no exception. On…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
D.C. Circuit Rejects EPA Regulations Implementing 2008 Ozone Air Quality Standard
On December 23, the D.C. Circuit (Tatel, Srinivasan, Randolph) issued a decision in NRDC v. EPA, a case arising out of EPA regulations implementing its 2008 ozone air quality standard. …
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit Upholds EPA Redesignations of Milwaukee, Chicago, and St. Louis as in Attainment with Ozone Air Quality Standard
On December 16, the Seventh Circuit (Flaum, Kanne, Sykes) issued a decision in Sierra Club v. U.S. EPA, a case challenging EPA’s 2012 decision redesignating the Milwaukee-Racine, Greater Chicago, and…
Environmental and Climate
Having Just Met the Federal 1-Hour Ozone Standard, District Has Eyes Set On Its Next Goal of Meeting Health Standards For Ground-Level Ozone
Upon reaching a large milestone in improving air quality, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (District) prepared and recently released the 2011 Snapshot Report. The Report announces the District’s…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Obama EPA Backs Off Smog Regs
If you haven't seen it yet, the Obama administration announced today that it will not implement the more aggressive ozone regulations that EPA had proposed. In his statement on the matter,…
Ohio Environmental Law Blog
EPA Will Likely Propose a 70 ppb Ozone Standard
The Obama Administration, after stopping the implementation of the Bush-era ozone standard, has delayed choosing a revised standard three times. These delays had given hope that EPA may wait to choose a revised standard…