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Press Mention The Associated Press May 30, 2002

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EPA: Environment, health groups sue

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Environmental and health groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy announced plans to sue the EPA for failing to enforce air pollution standards set five years prior. The lawsuit targets the agency's delay in designating areas that do not comply with ozone pollution limits, affecting 59 communities across eight Southeastern states including Chattanooga. SACE executive director Steve Smith criticized the EPA for dragging its feet on implementing stricter ozone standards despite documented health implications.

The current EPA is in no hurry to institute these standards, and yet the health implications from not enforcing these rules is something that can't any longer be ignored

Stephen A. Smith

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