The OMA recently submitted a formal request to US EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin urging the agency to rescind the recently reinstated air rule that unlawfully incorporates a public nuisance standard into Ohio’s State Implementation Plan.

This “midnight regulation,” issued in the last hours of the Biden administration, opens the door to frivolous citizen lawsuits against manufacturers from activist attorneys. The rule had previously been removed by the first Trump administration’s EPA due to its lack of legal basis and its harmful impact on industry competitiveness. 3/23/2025