EPA Regulations Limiting Soot

question 43

Multiple Choice

EPA regulations limiting soot:

• A) primarily affected power plants and producers of vehicles and equipment which use diesel fuel.
• B) were found by the Supreme Court to be invalid because the EPA had not conducted a cost-benefit analysis before imposing the regulations.
• C) had as their primary importance the effect on global warming.
• D) were developed under the PSD program.

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