George E. Pataki
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George E. Pataki Pataki
In a statement on Tuesday, New York's attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, said that the state is entitled by law to this critical information so it can effectively implement its clean air programs to preserve public health. He added that the E.P.A. has no grounds on which to deny such a request. Mr. Spitzer, a Democrat, is suing on behalf of the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, a branch of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California wrote a letter to President Bush asking him to preserve their ability to set stricter environmental rules.