The panel tasked with regulating Colorado’s air quality approved a new plan to reduce ozone pollution despite criticism from environmental advocates that it doesn’t go far enough
to curb an ongoing public health crisis in the state.on Friday morning finalized the proposal — known as a State Implementation Plan — after nearly four days of public hearings at which advocates asked commissioners to do more and representatives from industries that cause air pollution sought regulatory breaks.
and asked commissioners to approve a plan, minus the sections with those mistakes. The commission agreed, and now state agencies charged with writing the plan will redo their math and hold new hearings in 2023. Colorado is required to create an air quality improvement plan under the federal Clean Air Act because the state has been out of compliance with national air quality standards since 2008. TheThe plan includes recommendations on increasing electric vehicle use in Colorado and places regulations on volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides released by oil and gas drilling, as well as limits on industrial paints, coatings and varnishes used in various industries in the state.
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