EPA has agreed to act by next year on a Clean Air Act cleanup plan for one of the nation’s most polluted regions, according to a proposed lawsuit settlement.
The tentative deal would require the agency to make a final decision by July 2026 on a previously submitted smog control plan for the San Joaquin Valley in central California, according to a summary of the terms in an upcoming Federal Register notice.
Smog is made up mostly of ground-level ozone, a lung-damaging compound tied to asthma attacks in children and worsened breathing difficulties for people suffering from emphysema and other chronic respiratory diseases.
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The lawsuit was brought last November by Little Manila Rising, a local community group, and two other organizations
