The Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled a new plan to 'significantly cut' ozone pollution in the U.S. But Utah leaders have concerns with how the feds seek to accomplish it.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Environmental Protection Agency this week unveiled its final, seeking to "significantly cut smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution" from power plants and industrial facilities in nearly two dozen states, including Utah.
. "We are doing energy the right way here in the state of Utah. And that is that we're working on an all-of-the-above energy policy."The EPA has implemented "good neighbor" requirements since the 1990s, as a component of the Clean Air Act. The legislation, among other things, directs the agency to act on air quality issues like ground-level ozone, also known as smog, that forms in one state and travels to another.
The plan calls on Utah and the other states to submit plans that seek to reduce emissions from fossil fuel-fired plants and industrial plants to meet federal standards. The federal government would take over to ensure downwind states are protected if a state fails to submit a plan or its denied by the EPA.
Kathleen Riley, an attorney for the organization, said states had "failed" to reach pollution obligations, which has resulted in smog becoming a persistent problem for millions of Americans.
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