The Environmental Protection Agency is endangering the lungs of Imperial Valley residents by refusing to enforce national air quality standards, a nonprofit group claims in Federal Court.

The Comite Cívico del Valle says the EPA is delaying a decision on whether the district's new air quality rules comply with the Clean Air Act.

The Committee claims residents of Imperial Valley "are adversely affected by exposure to levels of air pollution" that exceed standards established by the Clean Air Act. Pollution in the hot, arid valley includes fine particles of dust, soot and fumes, caused by "unpaved roads, windblown dust, waste burning and disposal, construction and demolition and fuel combustion."

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