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In an effort to cut down on pollution in national parks, Sen. John Warner, R-Va., urged the Environmental Protection Agency Monday to reverse course on a rule that he said would weaken air regulations near parklands.
In a bipartisan letter signed with seven other senators, Warner criticized a rule that would “result in a significant undercounting of actual pollution sources, such as coal-fired power plants, permitting them to emit more pollution into national parks and wilderness areas.”
The EPA has been working since last summer to change its method of calculating pollution. The new rule is due out before November, according to the EPA legal staff.
“To relax clean air rules at our national parks is to do a disservice to these majestic places owned by and visited by millions of Americans each year,” Warner said in a statement.
Other lawmakers vowed to introduce legislation to overturn the rule if the EPA does not change course.
-Neil Simon
In a bipartisan letter signed with seven other senators, Warner criticized a rule that would “result in a significant undercounting of actual pollution sources, such as coal-fired power plants, permitting them to emit more pollution into national parks and wilderness areas.”
The EPA has been working since last summer to change its method of calculating pollution. The new rule is due out before November, according to the EPA legal staff.
“To relax clean air rules at our national parks is to do a disservice to these majestic places owned by and visited by millions of Americans each year,” Warner said in a statement.
Other lawmakers vowed to introduce legislation to overturn the rule if the EPA does not change course.
-Neil Simon