DOE Advisors Urge EPA To Revisit Clean Air Compliance Deadlines

A newly issued report by a Department of Energy (DOE) advisory body calls on EPA to reconsider compliance deadlines for implementing national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) as one of a number of measures to ensure adequate domestic supplies of petroleum. "As presently structured, attainment deadlines precede the benefits that will be achieved from emissions reductions already planned," the report from the National Petroleum Council states. The recommendations are part of a study sought by Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham that...