INDUSTRY BACKS CALIFORNIA ENGINE RULE BUT SEEKS FLEXIBILITY IN EPA PLAN

A key industry group expects to press EPA to offer maximum flexibility in an upcoming nationwide rule on small engines, at the same time it has tentatively decided to back an equivalent California regulation after years of fierce opposition. The shift in the industry's position appears to open the door for EPA to approve a Clean Air Act waiver allowing the California rule to go forward. Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO), who has blocked the rule for several years by adding...