www.dallasnews.com -- The EPA, saying Texas' system of regulating industrial air pollution violates federal law, stripped the state of jurisdiction over one of its biggest permits Tuesday.The Environmental Protection Agency's takeover of a key permit governing Flint Hills Resources' East Corpus Christi refinery marks a widening gulf between federal regulators and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.The EPA, for now, has stopped short of seizing control of the state's entire air-pollution permitting system. But the agency's top regional official said he is preparing to take over more Texas permits and is insisting the state make basic changes.

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