EPA PROPOSAL TO CUT HAZE MONITORS MAY FORCE STATE OVER-REGULATION

An EPA proposal to cut 35 emissions monitors from the national regional haze monitoring network is likely to reduce the quality of pollution data state regulators are able to collect, which could prompt states to over-regulate sources to guarantee they are achieving emissions reductions, state officials and activists say. One state official says any cuts to the monitoring network will create more uncertainty for regulators because it will make it harder to discover the amount of emissions various sources are...