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From:	Moi (h75.180.72.24.cable.angl.cablerocket.net)
Subject:	Not weaker: Consistent...
Date:	March 15, 2008 at 10:27 am PST

In Reply to: Documents: Bush asked for weaker smog standard posted by Bart on March 15, 2008 at 9:21 am:

"This is not a weakening of regs (regulations) or standards," White House deputy press secretary Tony Fratto said Friday. "But it was an effort to make the standards consistent. There's no question we have an interest in how federal regs impact communities."

Fratto said the new standards are the "most stringent smog standards in history" and that communities will have a hard time meeting them. He described the area where Bush intervened as 'a technical matter' and said he acted on the advice of the Justice Department.

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