EPA EXPANDS CLEAN-FUEL WAIVER NATIONWIDE IN AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE

EPA is expanding nationwide an emergency waiver from summertime clean-fuel requirements under the Clean Air Act in an effort to minimize oil supply disruptions that could send gasoline prices soaring as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The decision comes after the petroleum industry and at least one governor lobbied the agency to extend the waiver beyond just Gulf Coast states. The decision to expand the waiver is the first major action by EPA since the category 5 hurricane devastated the...