NEW YORK, July 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An announcement today by New York Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council Speaker Quinn that they have agreed on legislation to cut allowable sulfur levels for No. 4 heating oil in half will improve the health of city residents, according to Environmental Defense Fund.  The City Council is scheduled to vote and pass the bill (Intro-194-A) on Thursday.  Once the mayor signs the bill into law, starting in October of next year, buildings burning No. 4 oil will be required to burn the new low sulfur No. 4 oil—1,500 parts per million vs. the current standard of 3,000 ppm—that will emit 40 percent less soot pollution than No. 6 oil.
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