INDUSTRY MAKES PUSH ON CAPITOL HILL FOR MORE FLEXIBLE HAZE MODELING

Industry groups have begun a congressional lobbying effort to win additional flexibility -- perhaps in the form of an appropriations rider -- under EPA and Department of Interior (DOI) rules for calculating whether emissions from proposed new power plants or other industrial sources will reduce visibility. The effort includes discussions with Capitol Hill offices on whether to require a new EPA rulemaking on the issue and recent testimony in the Senate energy committee claiming that a newly issued EPA regional...