States pushing for greater regulatory flexibility from EPA

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Some states have been critical of the slow pace of some of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulatory flexibility initiatives such as Project XL and the Common Sense Initiative. The EPA has disclosed its intentions of creating a new process by which state initiatives on pollution control costs would be considered. Some state environmental officials, such as Mary Jo Kopecky of Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources, believe the EPA's regulatory laws have adversely affected state efforts to better environmental regulations.

Pollution Control & Abatement, Management, Pollution control, Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources, Kopecky, Mary Jo, Environmental Council of States

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OTAG recommends ozone controls tailored to pollution transport

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The Ozone Transport Assessment Group reports that energy utilities of Midwestern States is a contributing factor in air pollution. The report, which recommends that emissions of ozone-producing gases such as nitrogen oxide (NOx) should be reduced by as much as 85%, is being considered by the Environmental Protection Agency as a reference for setting limits to NOx emissions in states. The new limits will help enforce the new ozone standards for all states by the year 2007.

Industrial Gas Manufacturing, Industrial gases, Ozone, Air Pollution Control Programs, Research, Environmental aspects, Air pollution control, Energy industries, Energy industry, Air quality management, Ozone Transport Assessment Group

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Federal agencies battle over risks from low-level radiation exposure

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is critical of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) proposal to establish radiation cleanup standards. NCR's standard of 25 millerem/year, for both groundwater and soil, will be used as a basis for closing facilities. In contrast, the EPA has set the cleanup level at 15 mrem/year, and 4 mrem/yr for groundwater would be the limit as required by the Safe Water Drinking Water Act.

Nuclear Safety Regulation, Standards, Radiation, Radiation (Physics), Nuclear environmental management, Safety regulations, Hazardous waste sites, United States. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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