21. Evans also supports proposed USDA and EPA pollution standards for treating waste from large industrial hog farms. 22. Federal environmental regulators say the utility has long violated federal air pollution and water pollution standards. 23. For example, Struhs plans to relax pollution standards for factories that recycle fluorescent light bulbs and power plants that convert landfill gases into energy. 24. Guest said he expects his suit to result in pollution standards within several months for Lake Okeechobee and its tributaries. 25. He has invited polluters to craft air pollution standards in a state that is facing federal sanctions for its dirty air. 26. If that view prevails through an anticipated appeal, it could be used to overturn several pending new pollution standards. 27. If the new analyses indicate that an air pollution standard is not sufficiently protecting human health, the EPA administrator may be advised to tighten up the standard. 28. In the reconsideration, the EPA and the Justice Department will determine whether the pollution standards have been applied too harshly. 29. Instead, diesel engines will have to meet the same pollution standards as gasoline-powered vehicles. 30. Indeed, the Clean Air Act specifically requires that the EPA ignore them when setting air pollution standards. |