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The federal government's new smog standards could push future industrial development in Indiana away from its urban areas and into rural counties _ or even out of the state altogether, an industry official said Thursday.
Environmental activists, however, said the stricter ozone standard announced Wednesday doesn't go nearly far enough to protect the public from dense, eye-stinging summertime smog that makes it hard for the elderly, children and others to breathe.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new rules lower its 8-hour standard for ground-level ozone _ smog's primary ingredient _ from 84 parts per billion to 75 parts per billion.
Based on air monitoring data from 2004-2006, the EPA said 14 Indiana counties currently do not meet the new standard. State environmental officials said the new standard could cause 24 Indiana counties to be designated as nonattainment, based on more recent data from 2005-2007.
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