Wisconsin lawmakers sue E.P.A. over gas

  • 29/06/2000

A group of Republican state legislators in Wisconsin sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today over clean-air regulations that they said had brought high gasoline prices to southern Wisconsin. The lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court here, asserts that the agency failed to consider the price consequences of requirements for a new formulation for cleaner-burning gasoline. The suit seeks suspension of the rules, which went into effect on June 1 in areas with particularly bad air quality.