a025  2356  02 Dec 74
EPA-Train 250
    HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) - The Jan. 1 enforcement date of the
Environmental Protection Agency's controls on ''indirect sources'' of
pollution will not be extended, Administrator Russell E. Train says.
    Train said the agency has taken ''a good hard look'' at extending
the date but has no present plans to change it.
    Asked at a news conference Monday what would change his mind about
implementing the controversial new enforcement program, Train
replied, ''Convince me that it is wrong.''
    Starting Jan. 1, EPA approval will be required on construction of
major new shopping centers, apartment complexes and other projects
with parking for more than 1,000 cars.
    The goal is to prevent concentrations of traffic that would violate
federal limits on carbon monoxide pollution.
    Train denied charges by Louie Welch, executive director of the
Houston Chamber of Commerce, that the indirect sourc controls will
make the EPA a dictator over Houston's future growth.
    ''I'd be happy to assure him he's not correct on that,'' Train
said.
    He said the EPA is not out to stop future growth but to assure that
projects are designed so that federal air standards are not violated.
    In most cases, challenged projects will be able to satisfy EPA
objections with relatively simple design changes to improve such
features as traffic flow, Train said.
    He said the EPA's position is that the states, at least, and more
preferably local governments, should administer the federal
regulations.
    
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