"EPA Sends Ozone Regulation for White House Review"

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent potential changes to the standard for ground-level ozone to the White House Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday.

The EPA has not said whether it will try to lower the Bush administration’s maximum limit of 75 parts per billion; it could simply reaffirm that standard. The EPA’s staff and its scientific advisers have asked the agency to reduce to 60-70 parts per billion the allowable concentration of ozone, the main component of smog.

The White House was responsible three years ago for stopping the EPA’s attempt to set the level at 70 parts per billion."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill October 8, 2014.

SEE ALSO:

"EPA Staff Backs New Ozone Restrictions" (The Hill)

"Policy Assessment for the Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards" (EPA)