Air Rule Would Alter Development

California is considering dramatic new rules that would require developers to address air pollution impacts.

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January 31, 2003, 10:00 AM PST

In a move that could change the look of the San Joaquin Valley'ssprawling landscape, air regulators are drafting new rules that wouldforce developers to keep their projects from sullying the region's airquality. Vehicle traffic, exacerbated by long commutes and distant strip malls,accounts for more than 50 percent of the Central Valley's smog problem. The San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District wants to hold developers responsible forreducing pollution caused by their developments. The district hopes tocreate a pollution-reduction plan by the end of 2003 that will eliminatemore that 30 percent of the Valley's smog-forming emissions.

Thanks to California Policy Forum

FULL STORY: Air rule would alter development

Thursday, January 30, 2003 in The Record

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