EPA STAFF FACE INDUSTRY OPPOSITION OVER STRICT NEW PM PLAN

EPA staff are likely to face major opposition from industry groups over new draft recommendations for strict particulate matter (PM) air pollution standards. The new recommendations, which propose significantly stricter standards compared to a previous draft, appear to ignore industry concerns that stringent new curbs on emissions may be unwarranted. The electric power, agriculture and other industrial sectors have lobbied the agency heavily in recent months to consider new scientific evidence that the health effects of the pollutant may be...