Three Northeastern States Drop Suit Against EPA Over Smog Drift

New Jersey, Connecticut, and New York dropped a suit alleging the EPA failed to act on air pollution drifting in from other states, with their attorneys general telling a federal court in the District of Columbia that the agency has addressed their concerns.

“We voluntarily dismissed our lawsuit because EPA took the action we had sought to compel,” spokesman Leland Moore of the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General said in email to Bloomberg Law Jan. 6.

Pennsylvania and Virginia failed to submit “good neighbor” plans for reducing smog-producing emissions from power plants, the three states alleged. The Clean ...