Following years of failing to meet ozone standards, the Denver metro area is on the verge of having its Environmental Protection Agency air quality status downgraded from “serious” to “severe.”
“I’m really hopeful that people hear this downgrade and say, ‘let’s do something about it,’” said Aurora resident Steff Lebsack.
While Lebsack is always scrutinizing the air she breathes, so is the EPA. Now, the agency is proposing to downgrade the nine county Front Range from a “serious” to “severe” violator of ozone standards. If approved, cleaner burning and more expensive reformulated gas would be required a year after reclassification. Currently, the blend costs more than forty cents more per gallon.
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