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The Environmental Protection Agency will roll out new air quality standards for the entire country in August. That means cities like Austin — which knows it's out of compliance — have very little time to get their improvement plans in place. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune filed this report.

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The Environmental Protection Agency will roll out new air quality standards for the entire country in August. That means cities like Austin — which knows it's out of compliance — have very little time to get their improvement plans in place. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune filed this report.

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