EPA BACKS UTAH HIGHWAY, BUT RETAINS VETO FOR UNSOUND ALTERNATIVES

EPA has issued preliminary approval of a controversial Utah highway project that will affect thousands of acres of wetlands, but is retaining its authority to block the project if the state moves forward with an environmentally harmful construction plan, EPA sources say. In March 17 comments on the Legacy Parkway Project -- a proposed highway that stretches 14 miles through thousands of acres of wetlands considered internationally important to migratory birds -- EPA signed off on two of four proposed...