EPA EYES VEHICLE, BENZENE FUEL CONTROLS IN FUTURE MOBILE SOURCE RULE

EPA's upcoming regulation of air toxics from mobile sources could place extra burdens on automakers by setting emission controls on vehicles, as well as setting new fuel limits on the major air toxic benzene. EPA is in settlement negotiations with the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) and Sierra Club, which sued the agency early in 2004 for failing to promulgate a mobile source air toxics (MSAT) rule that is required under the Clean Air Act to regulate air toxics...