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MDE Sec. Chairs Regional Air Pollution Commission


Photo: Iowa Soybean Association

Grumbles unanimously voted to chair Ozone Transport Commission; pollution from upwind states continues to significantly affect the quality of air that Marylanders breathe.

BALTIMORE (June 13, 2017) -- Maryland Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles has been selected to chair the Ozone Transport Commission, a 13-state, regional collaboration created under the federal Clean Air Act to control interstate smog.