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After months of pressure from Congress and industry, the Environmental Protection Agency has decided to issue a new proposed rule on oil-spill containment delaying enforcement beyond the previous Aug. 17 deadline, said Dave Evans, head of the agency’s oil program.

Inventories at U.S. wholesalers declined in April for the first time in eight months as companies tried to keep up with increased demand, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

The Transportation Security Administration will not delay fingerprinting for commercial drivers who haul hazardous materials until a program credentialing other transportation workers goes into effect, an agency spokeswoman said.

Package delivery services UPS and FedEx are trying to head off legislation pending in Congress that would make them responsible for helping states collect excise taxes on cigarettes sold by Internet and mail order.

The Research and Special Programs Administration said May 28 it was delaying the effective date for rules that some trucking industry experts said would have hurt the hazardous material-hauling sector.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week issued procedures for detaining food shipments suspected of being viewed as a threat to humans or animals.

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The United States seeks to encourage trucking companies to reduce exhaust emissions as a way of improving air quality at the southern border and hopes to enlist the aid of Mexico in a coordinated effort, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said.

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