INDUSTRY PRESSING CALIFORNIA AIR DISTRICT TO SLOW, RELAX ENGINE RULE

Utilities and agriculture organizations are urging California's South Coast air district to slow down and relax a controversial draft rule that would crack down on thousands of stationary internal combustion engines, which is being promulgated as a result of a landmark state law that requires agricultural engines to obtain permits. The rule is considered significant because it represents the second attempt by a state air district to begin the permitting and regulatory crackdown on agriculture engines. At issue is the...