EPA Agrees to Review California Air Quality Plan in Settlement

The US Environmental Protection Agency will take action on a two-year-old regional air quality standards plan as part of its settlement with California activist and environmental groups.

An EPA official is required to sign a final rule signaling whether the agency approves the California Air Resources Board’s 2022 Ozone Plan for San Joaquin Valley by July 2026, according to a signed consent decree filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Little Manila Rising, Medical Advocates for Healthy Air, and the Sierra Club sued EPA in November 2024, asserting the agency missed its one-year deadline ...