The Environmental Protection Agency has set a hard spring deadline for listing regions of the country that cannot meet the Obama administration's strict rules for smog-forming ozone emissions.
The EPA plans to complete designations for all of the non-compliant areas no later than April 30, the agency announced in the Federal Register Thursday.
The Trump EPA had tried to delay formally designating the regions as non-attainment zones, which would force some cities and other areas to establish special pollution control plans that critics of the rule have argued would deter development and economic growth.
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