CRITICS WARN EPA DIESEL ENGINE PLAN COULD SET BACK RETROFIT EFFORTS

State and industry officials are charging that a new EPA draft guidance intended to help state regulators credit diesel engine retrofit projects in their clean air plans could hurt the growing practice of constructing cleaner-burning diesel engines to combat local air pollution problems. The groups are especially concerned that the draft could delay distribution of key federal transportation funds that lawmakers recently allowed to be spent on diesel engine retrofits. The draft guidance, which EPA is seeking to finalize in...