Gasoline-dispensing, surface-coating rules sent to EPA

by Richard Dyer | Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent

Revisions to surface-coating and gasoline-dispensing rules in Apache Junction are being sent to the EPA for review.

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously recently to approve a resolution on proposed changes pertaining to air-quality rules that limit emissions of volatile organic compounds.

Apache Junction is the only area in Pinal County in a Phoenix-metro 2008 ozone non-attainment area. An area designated attainment is meeting a standard while non-attainment means not meeting the ozone standard, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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