ACTIVISTS CRITICIZE LAX MONITORING RULES FOR STATIONARY GAS TURBINES

September 8, 2005
EPA has proposed a legal settlement with the natural gas industry to drop a requirement that some types of stationary gas turbines be subject to stringent monitoring requirements, drawing criticism from environmentalists who say the revision would lead to unchecked emissions increases and more lax monitoring of the turbine emissions. EPA is taking comment on a July 29 proposed settlement with the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) that would alter an existing agency rule in order to eliminate...


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