Article: York County, S.C., Not Breathing Easy over Possible EPA Smog Designation.

By Caroline Brustad, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 22--In the quest to attract jobs and keep taxes reasonable, York County officials continue to look for ways to entice new, clean industry to the area. But there's a looming cloud some fear could slow economic growth: pollution.

By April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to decide whether York County should be lumped in with Charlotte as a "nonattainment" area -- one that isn't meeting new federal air-quality standards on ground-level ozone, or smog, pollution.

While state and county officials are working to fight this action, ...

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