BUILDERS, OIL INDUSTRY ATTACK NEW ARB LOCAL LAND-USE GUIDANCE

March 11, 2005
Building, petroleum and other industry representatives are ripping a revised air board draft guidance for local land use planners that recommends specific buffers between new residential and other "sensitive" development and major roadways and polluting facilities, arguing the document could stifle much-needed urban infill development and affordable housing, which lawmakers and the administration are trying to promote. Air board officials are acknowledging that the recent revisions depart from past practices of establishing risk-reduction measures, but say that cumulative impacts in...


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