EPA MAY EXEMPT AGRICULTURE FROM POSSIBLE COARSE PARTICLE STANDARD

EPA may consider ways to exempt animal feedlots and other rural sources from a possible strict new standard for particulate matter (PM) emissions, after members of a scientific advisory panel suggested that urban emissions pose the greater health risk, sources inside and outside the agency say. The way to address rural emissions is just one of the decisions that EPA leadership will face later this year, after scientific advisors called for strengthening the existing ambient air quality standards for fine...