BendiNewsTest: EPA Proposes Stricter Controls on Ozone Emissions Under the Clean Air Act

This week the EPA announced a proposal for a drastic cut in ground-level ozone standards in the U.S. in a bid to prevent air-quality-related health issues and reduce environmental impacts. Currently, the allowable level of ozone is 75 parts per billion (ppb). The EPA proposes reducing this to at least 65 to 70 ppb, and the agency taking comments on the possibility of reducing the standard to 60 ppb. Of the costs to implement the proposed measures the EPA argues that “every dollar we invest to meet them will return up to three dollars in health benefits.”