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'was', 'embroiled', 'in', 'controversy', 'over', 'events', 'surrounding', 'its', 'release', 'in', 'June', '1994,', 'and', 'as', 'a', 'result,', 'Cal/EPA', 'never', 'acted', 'on', 'the', 'study’s', 'findings.', 'Although', 'regarded', 'as', 'a', 'valuable', 'decision-making', 'tool,', 'the', 'events', 'convinced', 'Cal/EPA', 'Secretary', 'James', 'Strock', 'to', 'withhold', 'what', 'he', 'considered', 'important', 'in', 'the', 'report,', 'or', 'his', 'continued', 'on', 'page', '13', 'SOUTH', 'COAST', 'ADVANCES', 'VANGUARD', 'UNIVERSAL', 'CREDIT', 'TRADING', 'MARKET', 'The', 'South', 'Coast', 'air', 'district', 'is', 'moving', 'forward', 'with', 'creation', 'of', 'a', 'vanguard', 'universal', 'trading', 'market,', 'where', ';', 'air', 'emission', 'credits', 'can', 'be', 'traded', 'among', 'all', 'district', 'regulatory', 'programs', 'to', 'maximize', 'trading', 'opportunities', 'and', 'cut', 'compliance', 'costs.', 'The', 'decision', 'to', 'advance', 'the', 'concept', 'of', 'interpollutant/intersource', 'trading', 'into', 'an', 'intensive', 'nile', 'adoption', 'schedule', 'is', 'designed', 'to', 'result', 'in', 'implementation', 'next', 'year', 'of', 'the', 'most', 'far-reaching', 'credit', 'trading', 'program', 'in', 'the', 'nation.', 'District', 'staff', 'this', 'week', 'presented', 'draft', 'final', 'recommendations', 'for', 'a', 'universal', 'trading', 'market', 'to', 'a', 'subcommittee', 'of', 'the', "district's", 'governing', 'board.', 'The', 'board’s', 'planning', 'committee', 'gave', 'staff', 'the', 'go-ahead', 'to', 'begin', 'fleshing', 'out', 'cordinued', 'on', 'page', '6', '@', 'MAJOR', 'INDUSTRY', 'LAW', 'FIRM', 'SUES', 'OEHHA', 'TO', 'KILL', 'PROP.', '65', 'ENFORCEMENT', '’', 'Industry', 'attorneys', 'have', 'filed', 'a', 'lawsuit', 'to', 'cease', 'enforcement', 'of', 'Proposition', '65,', 'charging', 'that', 'Ca/EPA’s', 'health', 'hazard', 'assessment', 'office,', 'among', 'other', 'agencies,', 'is', 'feeding', '“bounty', 'hunter”', 'legal', 'attacks', 'against', 'thou-', 'sands', 'of', 'companies.', 'Lawyers', 'for', 'McKenna', '&', 'Cuneo', 'of', 'Los', 'Angeles,', 'on', 'behalf', 'of', 'an', 'industry', 'coalition,', 'are', 'attempting', 'to', 'prove', 'that', 'Prop.', '65', 'cannot', 'be', 'enforced', 'until', 'the', 'federal', 'goverument', 'approves', 'it', 'under', 'two', 'laws', '—', 'the', 'Occupational', 'Health', '&', 'Safety', 'Act', '(OSHA)', 'and', 'the', 'Hazardous', 'Materials', 'Transportation', 'Act.', 'If', 'successful,', 'the', 'legal', 'action', 'would', 'halt', 'the', 'enforcement', 'of', 'Prop.', '65.', 'No', 'initial', 'hearing', 'date', 'has', 'been', 'set', 'for', 'the', 'case,', 'Coalition,', 'et', 'al...vs.', 'Stratton,', 'et', 'al.', 'continued', 'on', 'page', '&', 'a', 'te', 'Wary', 'of', 'statutory', 'move', 'DTSC', 'TO', 'FIGHT', 'CODIFICATION', 'OF', 'HAZ-WASTE', 'SITE', 'CLEANUP', 'COST', 'REFORMS', 'Toxics', 'department', 'officials', 'are', 'strategizing', 'to', 'block', 'codification', 'of', 'more', 'than', 'two', 'dozen', 'recommendations', 'to', 'reform', 'their', 'site', 'mitigation', 'billing', 'system', '—', 'including', 'the', 'indirect', 'cost', 'rate', '—', 'that', 'have', 'been', 'wholly', 'imserted', 'into', 'Assembly', 'legislation.', 'While', 'the', 'department', 'supports', 'most', 'of', 'the', 'recommendations,', 'which', 'were', 'drafted', 'by', 'a', 'special', 'task', 'force,', 'officials', 'have', 'serious', 'concems', 'about', 'them', 'being', 'put', 'into', 'statute.', 'The', 'recommendations', 'are', 'aimed', 'at', 'reducing', 'steep', 'fees', 'assessed', 'by', 'the', 'deparmment,', 'as', 'well', 'as', 'requiring', 'more', 'accountability', 'into', 'the', 'program.', 'Departnent', 'of', 'Toxic', 'Substances', 'Control', 'officials', 'support', 'the', 'majority', 'of', 'the', 'recom-', 'continued', 'on', 'next', 'page', 'INSIDE', 'HAZ-WASTE:', 'DTSC', 'eyes', 'permit', 'exemptions', 'in', 'RSU', 'for', 'key', 'waste', 'treatment', 'activities', 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