Gov. Goodhair Wants 9-Year Extension For Houston, Galveston To Meet Ozone Standards

[hatrack]

(6/18/07 - HOUSTON) - Governor Rick Perry has asked federal officials for an extra nine years for the Houston-Galveston region to meet health standards for ground-level ozone.

If granted it would make the area one of the last in the country to comply with clean-air guidelines.

In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday, Perry wrote that the region will be unable to meet guidelines by 2010 and that "not even a complete shutdown of the Houston Ship Channel would bring about sufficient reductions."

The request for an extra nine years to clean up Houston's smog is more than Harris County and city officials wanted. It's also the latest postponement in Houston's efforts to improve its air quality; the city's first federal deadline passed in 1975.

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[panader0]

1. I've been reading "Shrub", Molly Ivins' book about bush's

Governor days, and even back then Houston was in violation of the EPA standards. The air there is about the worst (W) in the nation. "Shrub" is a great read by the way.

[Dr.Phool]

2. It'll take longer than that to clean up the ozone between his ears.

[Deep13]

3. So WTF are residents supposed to do until then? nt

[Javaman]

4. won't matter by that point, we will be past peak. nt