Reuters: Politics: U.S. to finalize stricter soot standards on Friday

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U.S. to finalize stricter soot standards on Friday Dec 14th 2012, 17:14 WASHINGTON | Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:47am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will finalize stronger limits on soot pollution from power plants and diesel engines on Friday, health groups said. The new standards, which the Environmental Protection Agency was under court order to finalize, will limit annual average soot emissions to about 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air from the standard of 15 micrograms set in 1997, the groups said. (Reporting by Timothy Gardner; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)

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