The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving updates to Ohio's State Implementation Plan for nitrogen oxide standards. These updates were submitted by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and involve minor changes to rule language and references to make them more current and accurate. The EPA sees these changes as noncontroversial and has decided to issue a direct final rule, which will take effect on February 28, 2025, unless negative feedback is received by January 29, 2025. If adverse comments are received, the rule will be withdrawn and addressed in a future proposal.
Simple Explanation
The EPA is saying yes to some small updates that Ohio wants to make for keeping air clean from a nasty gas. If no one complains by January 29, 2025, the updates will start working at the end of February 2025, but if people do complain, they'll wait and think about it some more.