(AP/Omaha.com) — The AP is reporting that "wary farmers are watching a debate over whether to clamp down on one of rural life’s constant companions — the dust clouds kicked up by farm machinery in fields and along unpaved roads."
According to the story, "the EPA is reviewing its airborne pollutant standards," and is "looking both at its standards for tiny particles of industrial pollution and for slightly larger particles called 'coarse particulate matter,'" which includes dust. The EPA "is expected to release a final document next month spelling out its options for revising the standards. The EPA plans to announce any proposed changes in February and will likely approve a final updated rule by October 2011."
http://omaha.com/article/20100921/MONEY/709219929#farmers-fear-epa-changes-to-dust-rules-won-t-reflect-rural-life
