Article: NEW AIR CONTROLS COMING? EPA MAY RECLASSIFY EAST KERN COUNTY.(News)

Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - Federal environmental officials want to tighten emission control standards for east Kern County to help resolve an air pollution problem in the neighboring San Joaquin Valley - a plan that has the Air Force and local politicians crying foul.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to reclassify its San Joaquin Valley planning area, saying it has a ``severe'' rather than a ``serious'' pollution problem.

East Kern County, including Edwards Air Force Base and the China Lake Naval Weapons Center, is included in the San Joaquin Valley planning area even though the region is in a ...

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