REVISED DOD ENVIRONMENT BILL OFFERS AIR QUALITY CONCESSIONS TO STATES

In an apparent concession to states, the Pentagon has revised a legislative plan to grant the military exemptions from environmental laws by including a provision that would require a "written occurrence" from states for any project that might degrade air quality. State opposition to the Pentagon's plan is widely credited with having killed the effort last year in Congress, and environmentalists and other opponents of the draft legislation are raising concerns that it could be approved this year as part...