The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving ahead with a proposed regulatory designation that could increase pressure on the gas industry to limit emissions that have led to severe wintertime ozone pollution in western Wyoming. The EPA is doing so while it settles a nationwide lawsuit over ozone filed by an environmental group, WildEarth Guardians. In 2009, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal recommended that the EPA enact what's known as "nonattainment status" for ozone in the Upper Green River Basin. The EPA has informed Gov. Matt Mead it is now prepared to support that recommendation. The EPA's slow response on ozone nonattainment in mainly urban areas prompted WildEarth Guardians to sue in August. Mead says he's pleased the EPA has agreed with the state's recommendations for ozone nonattainment.
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