Air Panel Declines to Rescind Rail Pact
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
State air officials Friday decided to maintain a controversial railroad pact despite protests from Southland regulators and community groups that the agreement could block new measures to cut air pollution at 11 Los Angeles-area rail yards.
The Air Resources Board declined to rescind the state’s June 2005 agreement with Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway. State and rail officials say the deal will ensure reductions in locomotive diesel pollution that has been linked to heightened cancer risks.
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