EPA Proposes Cuts in Diesel Exhaust - AP

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EPA Proposes Cuts in Diesel Exhaust
By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer
9:01 AM PST, March 2, 2007

WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to reduce diesel
exhaust from trains and ships, a move supported by some environmentalists.

EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson on Friday issued proposed emission standards
for diesel locomotive engines, tugs, barges, ferries and recreational marine engines.
The toxic chemicals and soot in diesel exhaust contribute to smog and can cause
cancer.

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The standards, when adopted and fully phased in, would reduce particulate pollution
from these engines by 90 percent and smog-forming nitrogen oxides by 80 percent,
the EPA said.

The EPA proposes tightening pollution standards for remanufactured locomotives,
newly built locomotives and marine diesel engines and longer-term technology
upgrades to them.

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