EXPERT BASHES ARB RULE COSTS IN NAS REVIEW OF STATE STANDARDS

A Sacramento-based environmental consultant was scheduled this week to strongly criticize the cost-effectiveness of major air board mobile source regulations that have been adopted by other states, as part of a national scientific panel's review of such rules. Testimony by the consultant and industries critical of the state's rules is expected to be challenged by eastern state officials who have adopted California regulations over the years. Tom Austin, a scientist with the consulting group Sierra Research, contends Air Resources Board...