In Clash Over Alaska City’s Air Quality, Parties Seek Approval Of Consent Decree

(October 30, 2023, 11:51 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Three citizen groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed a joint motion to enter a proposed consent decree that would resolve a dispute over whether the agency violated the Clean Air Act (CAA) by failing to approve or disapprove a state implementation plan (SIP) to remediate air pollution in the Alaska borough of Fairbanks North Star....