Swordsmyth
09-25-2019, 01:12 AM
The Trump administration on Tuesday escalated its fight with California over environmental issues by threatening to withdraw billions of dollars in federal highway funds because of poor air quality in the state.In a letter to California Air Resource Board chief Mary Nichols, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler said the state "has failed to carry out its most basic tasks under the Clean Air Act," and not produced timely plans to meet targets for ambient air quality goals.
The EPA said California must withdraw inactive plans that would most likely be denied. If the EPA rejects a plan, it could trigger "highway funding sanctions, which could result in a prohibition on federal transportation projects and grants in certain parts of California," Wheeler said.
California is set to receive just over $4 billion in federal highway funding in the budget year that starts Oct. 1.
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-epa-blasts-california-air-145446538.html
The EPA said California must withdraw inactive plans that would most likely be denied. If the EPA rejects a plan, it could trigger "highway funding sanctions, which could result in a prohibition on federal transportation projects and grants in certain parts of California," Wheeler said.
California is set to receive just over $4 billion in federal highway funding in the budget year that starts Oct. 1.
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-epa-blasts-california-air-145446538.html