PLANNERS MAY CALL FOR EPA SIP RULES TO REFLECT NEW EMISSIONS MODEL

City planners say they may urge EPA to amend its rules for developing plans to implement the agency's new ozone standards because of concerns they may not be able to reconcile data from EPA's next-generation mobile source emissions model, slated for introduction in 2007, with implementation plans being calculated using the current model. The planners warn that they will be forced to use EPA's new model, the Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES), once it is introduced in 2007 -- but...