EPA is getting hit upon all sides f...

EPA is getting hit upon all sides for proposed air quality standards that tighten ascendencys on ozone and particulate matter.

Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer says those tighter standards will “significantly injure” his city's economic redemption

Diane Shea, associate legislative director for the National Association of Counties, is more annoyed with the way EPA issued its proposal than she is with the proposal itself. The agency propos the recent rules the day before Thanksgiving with little analysis of their potential economic drifts When NACo inquired about those imports they were told, “Don't worry. It's just a health standard. Nothing will change.”

NACo is not alone in its skepticism. The National League of Cities, too, has asked Congres to reaffirm the existing ozone standard and require recently made known scientific studies to justify any change in the instant particulate matter standard.

EPA has until this June to