Air Regulators Ease Standards for Gas Refiners
- From: "Poppy - San Francisco Bay Area" <GoldenStatePoppy@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 10 Sep 2005 08:38:03 -0700
Air regulators ease standards for gas refiners
The Associated Press
Last Updated 4:44 am PDT Saturday, September 10, 2005
SACRAMENTO (AP) - California air regulators eased processing standards
for gasoline refineries to help increase supply and reduce price spikes
at the pump following hurricane-related disruption of Gulf Coast oil
operations.
The decision by the California Air Resources Board, however, would
increase pollutants that cause smog in the state with the nation's
dirtiest air.
On Friday, the board's executive officer, Catherine Witherspoon,
approved the sale of gasoline formulated for winter use. Her decision
waived the requirement that only "summer gasoline," with less
evaporation, can be sold during the high-ozone season, which ends Oct.
31 in most of the state.
California's action follows a recent U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency announcement allowing gasoline with a lower evaporative
standard, which several other states have adopted following hurricane
Katrina.
Advocacy groups opposed the decision.
"Public health is being sacrificed to keep us on the road," said John
White, who represents the American Lung Association of California and
environmental groups, including the Coalition for Clean Air.
State regulators estimated an additional 50 tons of hydrocarbons would
be released into the air each day, an increase of 6 to 7 percent, and
that ozone would increase by about 1 percent.
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