The Automotive Service Association (ASA) reports that the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety held a hearing last week titled “Examining Pathways Towards Compliance of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ground-Level Ozone.”
During the hearing, the Subcommittee addressed S. 2882, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016, and S. 2072, which would allow communities to use locally crafted solutions to improve air quality so that they can comply with federal standards. Both bills address the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new ozone standard, which dropped the acceptable amount of ozone