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Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Mobile Sources

Categories: Energy,Environment,Laws/Regulations

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/toxics/msatfr.pdf

Final version of regulations designed to cut toxic emissions from passenger cars by 80% from 1999 levels by 2030. Chief on the list of targeted pollutants is benzene, which, under the new rules, will drop to 0.62% of refined gasoline from 1.0%. Also allows oil refineries to trade pollution credits but places cap of 1.3% benzene for any refinery product. From the Environmental Protection Agency.