Federal regulators are meeting with Texas state officials in an effort to bring the state's air-pollution rules into compliance with the Clean Air Act.
DALLAS, TEXAS -- The Environmental Protection Agency is meeting Thursday in Austin with officials from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, as well as environmental and industry groups. It's their first meeting since the EPA on Sept. 8 proposed throwing out several key aspects of the state's air-pollution permitting programs.
Environmental groups have for years criticized the state's pollution permits as simply a formality for massive polluters and are calling for the EPA to order a massive overhaul of the TCEQ. The state disagrees, saying its permitting program complies with federal law.
