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Utah air-quality officials say EPA rejected second attainment extension, moving Uinta Basin to moderate nonattainment
Summary
Utah Division of Air Quality staff told the Uinta Basin Collaborative that EPA declined to grant a second attainment extension for ozone, moving much of the basin to moderate nonattainment; the division and county filed for reconsideration and a stay while related methane rules and state plans are developed.
Sheila Vance, air-quality program staff with the Utah Division of Air Quality, updated the Uinta Basin Collaborative on the basin’s ozone monitoring and regulatory status, saying that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency action removed a previously granted attainment extension and elevated the basin’s classification to moderate nonattainment.
Vance said the state and Duchesne County have filed a request for reconsideration and a stay of EPA’s decision and were awaiting a judicial ruling. She said the division paused active work on a moderate State Implementation Plan (SIP) while EPA reconsiders…
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