EPA Approves DFW Air Plan

Diesel Replacement Program a Key Factor

Texas Business for Clean Air is happy to announce that the Environmental
Protection Agency has given final approval to the DFW area's plan to reduce
ozone, making the region the first in the nation to receive such an
endorsement.

"With this plan, more than six million residents who call the Dallas-Fort
Worth area home will be breathing cleaner, healthier air," said EPA Regional
Administrator Richard E. Greene.  "To be the first in the nation to develop a
viable plan to reduce ozone is significant in itself.  But to have done it while
also balancing the needs of a growing population and vibrant economy makes
it even more remarkable."

The EPA singled out Texas' incentive program to replace aging diesel trucks
and equipment - the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) - as a
significant element in its decision.  As we have previously reported to our
members, TBCA played a crucial role in helping North Texas businesses take
advantage of the opportunity to use those funds to retire the oldest, dirtiest
diesel equipment in the area.

Although this plan projects that the North Texas area will reach the 84 ppb
ozone standard by 2010, much work remains to be done to achieve the new
standard of 75 ppb that was adopted by the EPA in 2008.  TBCA will continue
to promote actions in the private and public sectors that will keep the area
progressing toward this new goal and cleaner air.

EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson announced the plan approval in a

short congratulatory video.  Watch it here.

Read more about the plan approval here.