ACTIVISTS SUE OVER AIR DISTRICT'S RULE ON PARTICLES FROM AGRICULTURE

Environmentalists are suing EPA over its approval of a California air district's plans for reducing emissions from agricultural sources of large particles (PM10), claiming that the plan is contrary to Clean Air Act requirements that the district impose more stringent emission controls on these sources. Earthjustice, on behalf of the Latino Issues Forum and Sierra Club, filed suit April 12 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit seeking judicial review of EPA's approval of the San Joaquin...