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Reports on the usage of ultrafiltration technology by Metcam Inc., a manufacturer of precision sheet-metal components and assemblies in Alpharetta, Georgia. Pursuance on initiatives related to pollution prevention; Interests in finding an alternative to the two traditional options available to metalworking operations; State regulations that require industries to minimize waste.

The article reports on the decision of Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore of Superior Court over a carbon dioxide emission regulation for a coal-fired power plant in Fulton County, Georgia. According to the judge, Georgia's environmental agency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Congress are not up to the task of regulating carbon dioxide emissions, and therefore, she must make them. Moreover, Moore declared that federal air pollution control laws required permits that covered all pollutants that could be regulated under the Clean Air Act.