Michigan's two senators are hoping some pressure on the nation's top environmental official will help keep tailpipe testing and dirty-air sanctions out of West Michigan. U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin talked Friday with the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to seek leniency for West Michigan counties violating federal smog standards. Their meeting with EPA chief Mike Leavitt was a last-minute effort to convince federal administrators that Ottawa, Kent, Muskegon, Allegan and other counties should not be penalized for levels of ozone, a key component in smog, that drifts across Lake Michigan from industrial areas in Gary, Ind.,...