Posted on 02/16/2012 1:55:50 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
HERNANDO, Miss. -- DeSoto County has formally objected to the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to list it as "nonattainment" on ozone levels.
DeSoto County officials also want the EPA to abandon a "misguided" proposal to list the county with Memphis as falling short on ozone standards.
In December, EPA announced a proposal to include parts of DeSoto with Memphis, which has ozone emissions above allowable limits set by federal regulation. The plan would include urban areas of DeSoto County and Crittenden County, Ark., in the Memphis ozone "non-attainment" area.
Ozone non-attainment could impair industrial recruitment by requiring prospective firms to install enhanced emission controls and would add regulatory burdens to transportation projects in the growing county, say local officials.
"This plan is problematic not only on an environmental basis, but also on the grounds that it fails to give adequate consideration to the economic impact on this area of Mississippi," U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran said Wednesday.
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My little town (pop. 15,000) was lumped in the same "health district" as Las Vegas, a very dirty-air valey. We petitioned to be excluded since we are separated by a mountain pass and in our own sparcely populated valley 10 miles away. It was worth millions of bucks in regulation compliance costs.
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Viking kitties produce ozone!
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