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What they are saying about NAAQS

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Cal Dooley, President, American Chemistry Council, 鶹ýӳwe鶹ýӳre facing a series of regulations, and the cumulative cost of compliance and the burden of permitting is significant. An industry such as ours is poised to make significant investments in growth, but these regulations make that harder.鶹ýӳ

ANGA, 鶹ýӳsafe and responsible oil and natural gas production in shale regions across the country is supporting 1.7 million jobs and US$238 billion in economic activity every year. This has helped fuel a renaissance in manufacturing projected to add 1 million new jobs by 2025. Meanwhile our nation鶹ýӳs air quality has improved dramatically. However, today鶹ýӳs proposed ozone rule from the EPA threatens this progress. It is a step in the wrong direction and would hinder our ability to experience a sustained economic recovery.鶹ýӳ

Lisa Murkowski, Senator, Energy and National Resources Committee, 鶹ýӳEPA鶹ýӳs proposed tightening of ozone standards threatens to put large swaths of the country into non-attainment and could be the costliest regulation in US history, which would be devastating to the economy鶹ýӳYet again we鶹ýӳre seeing the Obama administration release an incredibly expensive regulation on the eve of a major national holiday鶹ýӳThe administration is clearly hoping to release this at a time when the vast majority of Americans are focused elsewhere, and that alone should tell us something about it.鶹ýӳ

Richard Metcalf, Director of Environmental Affairs, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, 鶹ýӳsay I want to pave a road in New Orleans. If they expand the emissions standards and New Orleans falls into non-attainment, you鶹ýӳd have to reevaluate every road project and assign it a higher budget.鶹ýӳ

Jay Timmons, CEO, National Association of Manufacturers, 鶹ýӳthis new ozone regulation threatens to be the most expensive ever imposed on industry in America and could jeopardise recent progress in manufacturing by placing massive new costs on manufacturers and closing off countries and states to new business by blocking projects at the permitting stage.鶹ýӳ

Will Allison, Director, State Department of Public Health and Environment鶹ýӳs Air Pollution Control Division, 鶹ýӳcertainly a lower standard will raise additional challenges for the state of Colorado. Natural background levels of ozone in the West are relatively high. And targeting ozone is complicated because ozone isn鶹ýӳt emitted directly but is formed when sunlight hits emissions from vehicles, power plants and factories鶹ýӳAll this makes ozone reduction especially challenging. But we have implemented and will continue to look at practical, cost effective strategies for those sources where we can make a difference.鶹ýӳ

Bill Kovacs, US Chamber of Commerce, 鶹ýӳthe EPA鶹ýӳs proposal to lower the ozone standard will have potentially damaging economic consequences for this country. [The stricter standard] translates into restriction on expansion, permitting delays, increased costs to industry and an impact on transportation planning.鶹ýӳ

Fred Upton, US Representative, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, 鶹ýӳthis validates everything we鶹ýӳve been trying to say about the potential of energy resources to recharge the US economy. It鶹ýӳs coming and it鶹ýӳs real and it will have an impact.鶹ýӳ

James M. Inhofe, US Senator, 鶹ýӳtoday we are breathing the cleanest air since the CAA was passed in the 1970s, and our country should first look to meet the current ozone standard before we even consider adding more burdensome, costly mandates.鶹ýӳ


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