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Press Mention Chattanooga Times Free Press March 3, 2002

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Air: Regulations debated

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Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist's office and 11 state attorneys general have urged the Bush administration to loosen Clinton-era clean air requirements for power plants, citing concerns about regulatory predictability. Stephen Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, criticized the move as undermining EPA enforcement of New Source Review regulations, warning that additional pollution could harm air quality in Tennessee cities and national parks.

a major step in the wrong direction. This is in essence the Sundquist administration going on record saying they think EPA should not enforce the new source review.

Stephen A. Smith

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