Surprising Critics of the New Clean Air Standards: The U.S. Government

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Carol Browner would have us believe that only big business is critical of the new standards for clean air (ground-level ozone and PM2.5) proposed by the EPA last November. But comments from federal agencies submitted during the administration's own interagency review process indicate both serious and enormous concerns within the Clinton adminstration over the new measures. These concerns pertain both to the economic impact of the standards and the lack of scientific evidence justifying the new standards.