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Amazing, you would think DC is at war with TX?

While Dallas' population grew by 24 percent between 2000 and 2009, its ozone levels dropped by 16 percent — from 102 ppb to 86 ppb — showing the state had worked to clean up the air but still falling short of the federal standard. This led the EPA to reclassify the city's air as "serious," Brymer said.

Now, all the models show Dallas will be well under the 84 ppb mark by 2013 — but by then the EPA's new guidelines will demand cities to have an eight-hour ozone level of between 60 ppb to 70 ppb, which Dallas won't be able to achieve within two years, Brymer said.

I can see this one coming. EPA will "save" us by forcing more crap in the gasoline or shut down some power plants.

They will pizz and moan about their "cap" while breaking their own deal with the new "cap" that they thought up for July 31 of THIS year.

If the pubies want to make MASSIVE budget cuts I have a suggestion on where to make a really big one...

It sounds like it’s going to be almost impossible for any city to get to that 60 to 70 ppb 8 hr reading. Evidently in many rural areas background readings during the summer months are often above 75 ppb. Dallas is not even in the top ten US metro areas for ozone levels:

Know where your city stands. The American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2010 lists these 10 cities as the country’s most polluted by ozone:

1.Los Angeles, Calif., metropolitan area (including Long Beach and Riverside)
2.Bakersfield, Calif.
3.Visalia and Porterville, Calif.
4.Fresno and Madera, Calif.
5.Sacramento, Calif., metropolitan area (including Arden-Arcade and Yuba City)
6.Hanford and Corcoran, Calif.
7.Houston, Texas, metropolitan area (including Baytown and Huntsville)
8.San Diego, Calif., metropolitan area (including Carlsbad and San Marcos)
9.San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles, Calif.
10.Charlotte, N.C., metropolitan area (including Gastonia and Salisbury)

Another power play by the EPA which needs to be slapped down. They’ve got TExas in their sights. , Perry has done a lot of tough talking recently, let’s see if he’s actually grown a pair.