The regulations, which will take effect over the next two years, will cover about 20 percent of benzene emissions in the United States.

The main method of controlling the benzene emissions would be through a form of gas that "blankets" and captures the benzene.

Regulations proposed for future adoption today cover benzene emissions from industrial solvent use, waste operations, transfer operations and gasoline marketing.

"Let Bethlehem take its coke gas and benzene emissions and its water pollution to where it has clearly staked its future."

He particularly emphasized reducing carcinogenic benzene emissions.

Audit and reduce benzene emissions.

One week later, he went to Michigan and told auto executives he would exempt them from controls on benzene emissions required by the law.

Strict controls on benzene emissions by tire makers run to an estimated $340 billion per life spared.

Other major sources of benzene emissions are fuel distribution, oil refineries and the chemical industry, while all combustion processes emit carbon monoxide.

It is therefore indispensable to reduce the aromatics content to acceptable technical limits and, thereby, benzene emissions.