Utah could lose federal highway funding if it fails to improve summer air quality. Lawmakers want to fight the feds over it.

During an air quality briefing Utah lawmakers blasted federal standards that they claim are “uncontrollable by us.”

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Hiker jogs down path from Ensign Peak above Salt Lake City Tuesday July 16. What can be an amazing view of the valley is diminished with an ozone haze. With higher Summer temperatures ozone pollution is climbing into the moderate level.

Utah could lose federal highway funding if it fails to improve summer air quality. Lawmakers want to fight the feds over it.

During an air quality briefing Utah lawmakers blasted federal standards that they claim are “uncontrollable by us.”

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