EPA To Deny Maryland, Delaware Petitions Against Emissions

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that it plans to deny Maryland and Delaware petitions seeking emissions reductions from power plants in five upwind states.
The petitions sought to reduce emissions of ozone-forming nitrogen dioxide from power plants in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
“The Agency has concluded that neither Delaware nor Maryland has met their burden to demonstrate that the sources they named emit or would em