Colorado air pollution regulators are withdrawing portions of their plan to improve the Front Range’s smog problems because they made significant errors in calculating oil and gas emissions.
, and more businesses will face tougher air pollution regulations, including the need to apply for federal air permits.The severe designation came after years of failing to meet a 2008 rule that required states to reduce ozone emissions to 75 parts per billion annually. State air regulators believe Colorado is on track to meet that goal by 2027 even with the error made in calculating oil and gas emissions, Oeth said.
Sorting out the various air quality standards and the deadlines to attain them can be confusing. Because Colorado has failed for so many years to reach the 2008 standard, the state keeps getting new deadlines to reach it while facing consequences such as the “severe non-attainment” label it was given in September. Meanwhile, the state also is on the hook for the more stringent 2015 requirements.
David Sabados, spokesman for the air quality council, said the state should reach the 2008 standards despite the error.
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