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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2002

Two Democrat-led Senate committees and Attorneys General from states in the Northeast said they would fight any attempt by the Bush administration to limit clean air regulations affecting power plants.

The chairmen of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the Judiciary Committee said they would hold hearings next month to discuss the issue. Sen. Jim Jeffords (I) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D) are from Vermont, a state they said is especially affected by pollution standards.

Attorneys General from nine Northeastern states -- many of them Democrats -- agreed, and said they would oppose limiting the rules. The regulations currently require old power plants to comply with stricter air standards when they expand.

Although not finalized and the details are not known, the lawmakers and law enforcers fear the Bush-altered rules would weaken the policy.

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White House Warned on Easing Clean Air Rules (The Washington Post 1/9)
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