BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The East Baton Rouge Metro Council will consider taking a stand against the federal government’s plans to toughen ozone air pollution standards, making them lower and harder for the parish to meet.
Councilman Buddy Amoroso plans to introduce a resolution Wednesday that, if approved, will show the Metro Council’s opposition to plans by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to lower the ozone air pollution standard.
Working with the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, Amoroso said that the more he learned about the potential impacts of a tougher ozone standard, which is expected to be proposed by the EPA in December, the more concerned he became.
The five-parish area around Baton Rouge has struggled to meet the federal ozone pollution standard for decades. The area met the most recent standard earlier this year.
However, based on recommendations from a science advisory board, EPA is expected to propose the updated and likely tougher standard.
The standard is now 75 parts per billion, but it could be lowered to between 60 ppb and 70 ppb.
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Information from: The Advocate, https://theadvocate.com
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