EPA EYES HIGHWAY BILL FUNDING TO BOOST DIESEL RETROFIT PROJECTS

EPA wants a final congressional highway bill to provide federal funds for industry to update diesel engines to help meet the agency's air quality standards, EPA officials say, a provision that the construction industry may oppose because it could give states unprecedented authority in overseeing the updates. The Senate Environment & Public Works Committee included the funding provision for the projects in its version of the massive federal highway financing bill that is now awaiting a floor vote, but the...