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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to reject revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) aimed at meeting the ozone standards set in 2008 for Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB) areas. These revisions, submitted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality between 2015 and 2020, failed to show that these areas could achieve the required air quality standards by their respective deadlines, leading to their reclassification as more severe nonattainment areas. Consequently, the EPA is proposing to disapprove the related emissions control strategies and budgets associated with these submissions. This decision aligns with federal regulations that mandate EPA action on SIP submissions that have not been withdrawn.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to disapprove parts of a plan by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to manage air quality fees in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area. This plan was meant to address a rule requiring fees for emitting too much ozone. The EPA says the proposed plan doesn't meet the rule's requirements since it allows ending the fee program too soon without redesignating the area as having good air quality. Even if disapproved, Texas does not need to fix these plan parts due to other rule changes that ended the requirement for the fee program.