HOUSTON -- A Houston attorney has asked Texas regulators to give the state a break when it comes to required extra controls to deal with foreign pollution. Jed Anderson, who represents the energy industry, says states should not be forced to make deeper cuts in smog-forming emissions to meet federal limits because of wind-borne pollution from places like Mexico. The Houston Chronicle reported Monday that Anderson filed a petition with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality last week, so Texans would no longer be responsible for paying for offsetting foreign pollution.
TCEQ has 60 days to respond. If the state agency agrees with Anderson, it could ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revise the rules.
Environmentalists say Anderson's petition does not address protecting the public health.
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