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<br />The exercises also improve thee'.,., Hergenroeder, ;director o a o- . -. o1n ~ make a difference "
<br />l nt sports medicine chnics at it's g .. g
<br />flexibility; strength and cardio- esce 4 .
<br />' tected, not just promises;" said ; 'set .aside because th lean the l
<br />° John D. Wilson; ,executive direr- wlll.not, as written, 1
<br />% by;the deadline of 2007.
<br />~.' for of GRASP: ,' h icier I believe I have
<br />For residents in Houston ,and- "As' a P Ys onsibility to help
<br />ei ht surroundinghat something create healthy environment for, D
<br />Continued from Page 1A. most visible sign
<br />as bronchitis and`astlima and can is being done about the region's the people of Houston," Marraclr , ~
<br />air will be the gradual intro- ,said: "We will not get there by
<br />reduce lung,capacity• dirty the next few•, 2007:,We've left it too late." ~,
<br />The petitions argue, among ducti.on during. h s eed limit r
<br />other'issues; that~the clean-.air mon ewaf aThe pplanalsowillre- The lawsuits r'isedand weref"''~,a
<br />plan submitted to the EPA T °~ a con oveisial new vehicle jargely anticipated by all Parties ~
<br />December::2000 'falls 56 tons p q
<br />day short of .needed nitrogen ox- .inspection and maintenance Pro' to the plan, which was hit by a
<br />ide reductions. The EPA aclaiowl- gram scheduled to begin May. i sag of suits before it even made au
<br />roved that will cost motorists $35 -- it.off the drafting table. ve~
<br />edges. the shortfall, but app
<br />the plan sa3'ing'that "enforceable $12.50 for the inspection and One of those suits was brought
<br />commitments," voluntary efto~ $22.50 for the emissions test. by the Business Coalition for
<br />and other incentive programs will Industry will be requu'ed to cut Clean Air Appel Group, an in- the
<br />make: up the deficit: emissions of nitrogen oxides by dustry group that argued the plan aclz
<br />to :90 percent. wouldn't reach its goal by 2007. be- the
<br />In their filings, environmental" uP cause it is based on flawed calcu- ate
<br />fists argue that a consent decree Uther Pttie use of cl ceaner diesel lations in a complex ;computer pub
<br />between the EPA and the Na- :requiring model of gouston's emissions and
<br />tional Resources Defense Council mereial use Hof gasoline-powered a~osphenc conditions: That suit ~y
<br />in a previous lawsuit ordered the ment between 6 am: ~ was settled out of court. : qu
<br />EPA to approve a plan that shows lawn equip the 5th Circuit on mo'
<br />exactly how the region intends to and noon from April 1 to Oct. 31 In petitioning ears to bad`
<br />meet the national standards- The starting in 2005; and a ban on ex- Monday, the coalition app
<br />large be challenging the scientific mod- red` '
<br />plan the agency approved in Octo- cessive engine idling by
<br />ber does not do this, they say. commercial 1i-izcks- eling for ozone .formation in the. T
<br />they are Hous onwhich the mar,
<br />"It is unlawful for.the (EPA) to .Environmentalists say ton area up
<br />approve the State Implementa- increasingly concerned about P~ is based. The group says_a pan
<br />lion Plan (SIP) for-the fIOuston- provisions ~ measures,asuch as "collaborative" effort among it, ;Hate
<br />Galveston!,:., area because the "voluntary and e-commuting, the EPA and the Texas Natural Dec:
<br />g,eSOUrce Conservation Commis- JoB
<br />control measures ... ~ short by car pooling ~ not impos- lion, the state agency that drew for
<br />56 tons, per day of reductions of .which are d~~~ the plan,•
<br />nitrogen oxide emissions," law- . Bible; to enforce. Such provisions up lead to an "unPrec recei
<br />yers wrote in the petition filed by .are supposed to reduce nitrogen edented" scientific investigation, lion
<br />Con- oxide emissions by 23 tons Per into the root causes of ozone. ::I
<br />GRASP, the Galveston. Bay
<br />g,egardless: o~u'hat the 5th Cir-. men '
<br />servation and Preservation Also- ~ The Clean Air Act requires
<br />cuit judges decide; the current -view;
<br />ciation and Jane W: Elioseff, a rn- to th
<br />ozone P~ will; m some form, still"p
<br />Houston resident who says that a state air pollution plan whatever.•w;Hous
<br />causes her health problems. must account fox the reductions, vide the' basis o f , ,
<br />es it was said David McIntosh, an attorney ended plan,ti1ay emerge, said A k
<br />• The petition also argu Jim Marston, executive director ~ now ,
<br />unlawful for, the EPA to accept en for the National Resources De- of Environmental Defense and an =. -w'liat ; ;
<br />forceable".coiYimitments ``ui heu of • fence Council "What the state of attorney. ;about.
<br />actual emi5sxbTis'reductGOns" and ' 'Dexas has done is account for 23 situat
<br />that it wasp unlawful for~the EPA w~," tons and ~enforceable~ volun- If the judges seen is nll haveAto " unrav
<br />to accept,~a plan :.that did not ac-• tary, a Houston phy- TO the ag ~ which will
<br />count for.the:"future .growth ofv David Marrack, appose a federal plan, The•~
<br />emissions„y~P,e~d irom;entaties;' sician~who Joined Environmental .most likely use the state .plan as ~ a`
<br />... _. the .court, P•
<br />like the Port of •Iiouston. - Defense in petitioning roval its base. chairs
<br />"We want ,public, health .pro- said he wants the EPA app and C~
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