INDUSTRY, ACTIVISTS QUESTION EPA RULE ON ENERGY LAW FUEL CHANGES

Environmentalists and a manufacturer of the fuel oxygenate methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) are raising separate concerns that EPA's implementation of revised fuel content requirements mandated in the Energy Policy Act could increase emissions of harmful pollutants. MTBE maker Lyondell Chemical Corp. is also calling for EPA to preempt pending state law claims related to MTBE contamination after Congress failed to provide the manufacturers with a liability safe harbor in the energy law. At issue are a series of fuels-related...