ACTIVISTS CLAIM NEW BOILER STANDARDS MODELED ON LAX CLEAR SKIES LIMITS

Environmentalists are charging that pollution limits in new EPA proposals setting emissions standards for industrial steam-generating units are modeled after the Bush administration's Clear Skies bill, but say the facilities could achieve more stringent standards using existing technology. "They're doing the exact same thing that's in the Clear Skies Act, even though there's plants in the West that have been permitted to do better," one environmentalist says. The agency released a Feb. 10 proposal to strengthen existing new source performance...