EPA Backs Ohio's Plan to Tame Cleveland Smog
Published Date: 8/28/2025
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The EPA is giving a thumbs-up to Ohio’s updated air pollution rules that help clean up smog in Cleveland and nearby counties. These changes focus on cutting harmful chemicals like VOCs and nitrogen oxides to meet 2015 air quality standards. Businesses and residents can expect a healthier environment soon, with the new rules rolling out over the next couple of years—no big costs, just cleaner air!
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EPA OKs Ohio RACT SIP Revisions
If you live in Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, or Summit counties in Ohio, the EPA is proposing to approve parts of Ohio Administrative Code Chapters 3745-21 and 3745-110 into Ohio’s State Implementation Plan to satisfy some Moderate VOC and NOx Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) requirements for the 2015 ozone standard. The Ohio submittals were made March 30, 2022, and supplemented February 1, 2023, and August 28, 2023; EPA is also proposing to approve OAC rule 3745-15-03 submitted February 9, 2023, with supplements on December 1, 2023, and December 30, 2024. The action is meant to cut volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) to meet the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard.
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