CONGRESS FACES GROWING PRESSURE TO BOOST EPA FUNDS FOR PM MONITORS

Congress is facing increasing pressure from states and a bipartisan group of members in the House and Senate to restore funds for states and localities to monitor particulate matter (PM) emissions after the Bush administration proposed cuts to the grant program in EPA's fiscal year 2007 budget request. In letters sent earlier this month to the Senate Budget Committee, the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee says Congress should restore the $17 million cut the White...