INDUSTRY SEEKS FIRST-TIME DELETION OF CRITERIA POLLUTANT FROM AIR ACT

An industry group has filed an unprecedented request for EPA to delete lead as one of the six key national air pollutants regulated under the Clean Air Act's health-based standards. Industry argues that lead emissions have been cut so much that the metal no longer needs to be regulated stringently. Additionally, industry notes that strict rules governing lead emissions from battery makers and secondary smelters -- two of the few remaining sources of lead -- are stringent enough that EPA...