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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (322792)	11/23/2002 8:45:09 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

as I understand the situation... for example an oil refinery... needed to replace an existing tower etc... Clinton law made the refinery upgrade the whole plant to new air standards vs. upgrading the new tower... Hence ,, the refineries rather than total upgrade which they couldn't pay out closed down or sold off to smaller independent companies.. who would continue to run these places.. many with half the employees to run them safely imo.. and also to less govn regulations than the much larger firms... esp. when it comes to local agencies who look the other way to save more jobs and keep local taxes coming in to support schools etc. Relax the air pollution laws is somewhat of an exaggeration... It doesn't allow them to open up and pollute more gases.. .. what is does allow the firms to do is upgrade or repair existing systems without upgrading or repairing the whole plant. Upgrades in themselves may reduce further air pollution vs increasing it. on the other hand if it allows for increased volume through the plant it may not. industry says it will reduce pollution net net.

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (322792)	11/23/2002 9:59:58 AM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

I consider myself a conservative Republican. But I agree with you on the pollution deal. It was explained a little better last night(I forget the program) that as the law stood, older plants could not do any updating to increase output unless they also updated their pollution standards to what the new plants are....I got the impression that say if a plant added one more "unit" to increase production, then the other, older "units" would have to be updated also. I think that would be almost impossible to do, but then I am no expert. IMO, we may have to force the older plants to die a natural death, while bringing new plants online. Of course that will mean higher prices, but in the long run, may pay off with better health. And, as he economy stands, can we all afford higher prices, or do we demand cheaper prices?