What is Maryland doing to address pollution in upwind states?
The Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) Multi-Pollutant Workgroup, chaired by Maryland, has been working over the past several years to develop a regional power plant control program that is more aggressive than the federal approach because EPA’s analysis of CAIR shows that Maryland, as well as several other states, will not comply with the new ozone standard with CAIR alone. This effort has expanded to include states beyond the Ozone Transport Region including the Midwest and Texas, through a multi-state collaborative process.
