WASHINGTON (AP) — California will retain the right to regulate pollution from lawnmower motors and other small engines under a deal reached Saturday by congressional negotiators.
Other states still won't be able to set separate standards and will have to abide by federal rules, which are more lax than California's.
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The exception for California was a compromise between that state's lawmakers and Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., who argued the regulations would hurt manufacturers and cost jobs.