NJ has ordered gasoline stations in the state to install equipment to trap noxious vapors released by their pumps in an effort to meet a Dec. 1987 deadline for federal air quality standards. Gasoline vapors are considered one of the main sources of air pollution. Most of the state will lose federal construction project funding if smog levels don't meet federal standards by the deadline. Those pumping less than 10,000 gallons a month (2,259 gas stations out of 6,785 in the state) are exempt.
--Peter Montague, Ph.D.

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