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Environmental

May 4, 2007

Southern California Agency Can't Curb Rail Pollution

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal law blocks Southern California air regulators from controlling emissions from railroads, by far one of the biggest sources of pollution in the region, a federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - Federal law blocks Southern California air regulators from controlling emissions from railroads, by far one of the biggest sources of pollution in the region, a federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled.
      U.S. District Judge John F. Walter's decision threw out rules adopted by the South Coast Air Quality Management District last year...

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