GROUPS FORECAST SLEW OF NEW REGULATIONS UNDER PM COARSE STANDARD

Observers from academia, industry and activist groups forecast a host of new regulations for factories, the construction industry and even brake pad composition if EPA presses ahead with a new particulate matter (PM) standard for coarse particles known as urban "PM coarse." At the same time, almost no interest group appears to be happy with the proposal by EPA staff to regulate urban PM coarse but exclude rural areas from standards. Environmentalists think the standard should apply everywhere, and industry...