EPA EYES VEHICLE, BENZENE FUEL CONTROLS IN FUTURE MOBILE SOURCE RULE

EPA's upcoming rule to control air toxics from mobile sources could place extra burdens on automakers by requiring emission controls on vehicles and by setting new fuel limits on the major air toxic benzene, according to EPA and other sources. EPA is in settlement negotiations with the U.S. Public Interest Research Group and Sierra Club, which sued the agency early in 2004 for failing to promulgate a mobile source air toxics (MSAT) rule that is required under the Clean Air...