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Paul Tonko: “Do you believe this discussion draft is just the latest attempt to create new loopholes to enable these sources to avoid…”

On the recordMay 15, 2018
Do you believe this discussion draft is just the latest attempt to create new loopholes to enable these sources to avoid some of the NSR program's requirements such as installing pollution controls?
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Questioning if the draft allows evasion of pollution control requirements.

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