EPA Approves Texas Smog Control Plan for Dallas Area
Published Date: 9/5/2025
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Summary
The EPA is giving a thumbs-up to Texas’s plan to cut smog-causing chemicals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, which includes 10 counties. This plan updates rules to control pollution from big sources, helping the region breathe easier and meet clean air goals. Businesses and residents can expect cleaner air soon, with no big new costs announced right now.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Major sources must meet VOC RACT
If you operate a major industrial source in the Dallas–Fort Worth area (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, or Wise Counties), the EPA is proposing to approve Texas’s May 12 and May 13, 2020 revisions to 30 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 115 to implement the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) requirement for the DFW Serious-area plan for the 2008 8-hour ozone standard. This means covered facilities in those counties will be required to meet the VOC RACT rules included in that SIP revision.
Cleaner air for Dallas–Fort Worth residents
If you live in Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, or Wise Counties, the EPA is proposing to approve Texas’s May 12 and May 13, 2020 SIP revisions that implement VOC RACT under 30 TAC Chapter 115 to help the Dallas–Fort Worth area meet the Serious classification requirements for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard. The proposal is intended to reduce smog-forming pollution and help the region meet clean air goals.
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