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Bush to Relax Air Pollution Regulation
from nytimes.com
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From The New York Times --During his presidency, George W. Bush decided to allow companies to increase emissions of pollution without notifying the public.
“ The battle over allowing companies to increase toxic air pollution above their permitted level has been the most heated so far.Mr. Reilly argued that the 1990 Clean Air Act specifically requires the public to be notified and to have an opportunity to make comments if a company increased the levels of toxic air pollution above the levels authorized on their operating permits. Last summer, E. Donald Elliott, then the E.P.A. general counsel, concluded in a legal memorandum that courts would uphold this interpretation of the law. ”
