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February 17-20,2006
Scene I NT Daily
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Nine states
launch new
EPA program
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The En-
vironmental Protection Agency
launched an effort Thursday to
reduce emissions in a string of
central states, in part through vol-
untary corporate changes.
The Blue Skyways Collabora-
tive focuses on the heavily traf-
ficked Interstate 35, running
through the nation's midsection
to two international borders. It
aims to cut diesel emissions from
trucks, construction equipment
and farm machinery, to implement
use of alternative energy sources,
and to look for innovative ways to
curb pollution everywhere from
rail yards to airports.
"We're looking for large pay-
offs," said Jim Gulliford, admin-
istrator for the EPA's Region 7,
which covers Iowa, Kansas, Mis-
souri and Nebraska. "But they're
done incrementally."
Officials pointed to about
$9.3 million in funding for vari-
ous projects, but the initiative is
largely unfunded, relying on vol-
untary environmental improve-
ments by businesses and munici-
palities. They're hoping to coax
potentially expensive changes by
pushing methods that could bring
long-term cost cuts and by giving
participants choices that federal
regulations would not.
"Whether a regulatory agency
does it or Congress gets around
to doing it, there's going to be a
need to get more reductions," said
Richard Greene, the EPA adminis-
trator for Region 6, which includes
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana
and Texas. "They get to chart their
own future."
Dozens of representatives from
companies including Wal-Mart
Stores Inc., cities such as Omaha,
Neb., and Houston, and officials
representing defense, agriculture
and health interests took part in
discussions leading up to the Blue
Skyways launch. In all, the eight
states of the EPA's sixth and sev-
enth regions are involved in the ef-
fort with Minnesota. The EPA also
is working with representatives of
Mexico and Canada.
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Scene: North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 74, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 2006, newspaper, February 17, 2006; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145309/m1/9/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.