STEVEN VERBURG
, 608-252-6118
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will impose rules for limiting fine particle pollution in Wisconsin if the state doesn’t submit long-overdue plans for ensuring adequate controls on the smokestack emissions linked to respiratory ills.
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