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An article by Cory Hatch of the Jackson Hole Daily News reports that there is an unconfirmed agreement between the US Department of Agriculture and EPA which could eliminate the requirement for modeling air quality impacts from proposals to drill for natural gas in the Wyoming Range and across the country. The agreement to eliminate air quality modeling would streamline the approval process for projects, including plans to drill on 44,700 acres in the Wyoming Range. A representative of an environmental group suggests this may be an attempt to push through oil and gas leases before the current administration leaves office in January. The article states the source of the news of this unconfirmed agreement is the governor’s office.

Click on this link to read the entire article: Governor’s office blasts air-quality agreement By Cory Hatch (Jackson Hole Daily, www.jhnewsandguide.com, November 20, 2008)