EPA to Tighten ‘Good Neighbor’ Traveling Air Pollution Rules (2)

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to tighten controls on wandering ozone pollution from new states and industries in a “good neighbor” proposal released Friday.

Natural gas, cement, glass and paper industries are among the new sectors, in addition to power plants, that will be subject to more stringent requirements, according to the proposal. Four Western states—California, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming—will be included alongside East Coast states traditionally targeted for interstate pollution limits. Twenty-five states are included in total.

“Air pollution doesn’t stop at the state line,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in a statement. “This step will help our ...