More Time Needed To Meet Standards

U.S. Representative Rick Nolan says Minnesota taconite producers need more time to meet certain air quality standards.

Nolan says he's telling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the companies need up to five years to try out new technologies aimed at reducing pollution.

The federal regulations are aimed at reducing haze over northern Minnesota's wild areas including Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.