Interim approval allows all these deficiencies to remain uncorrected. Instead of rejecting these programs, however, EPA simply used a provision in the law that allowed a one-time interim approval that should last no more than two years. At the end of the two-year period, unless the states had come up with an adequate set of regulations, EPA was to take over the program itself. Nonetheless, on May 22, EPA issued another blanket extension of the inadequate regulations in 37 separate jurisdictions the fourth such extension since 1995. The law required correction of all deficiencies years ago, and it's inexcusablenot to mention illegalto allow continuation of these weak programs.
Clean air is essential for the health of every living thing.
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