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Yesterday the Environmental Protection Agency announced new rules for allowable ozone levels in the air. As the Columbus Dispatch reports,

The federal action, which lowers ozone limits for the atmosphere, means that 345 counties — out of more than 700 that are monitored, including some in central Ohio — now will be in violation of the health requirement, about four times as many as under the old rules….The Ohio EPA already had examined the effects of a 75 parts-per-billion standard and concluded it would require new plans to reduce smog in 32 Ohio counties, spokeswoman Heidi Griesmer said. They included Franklin, Delaware, Fairfield, Knox, Licking and Madison counties in central Ohio.

Here’s the head of the National Association of Manufacturers, John Engler, analyzing this rule’s impact:

I wrote a Viewpoint on this topic that can be found here.

Tags: Regulation

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