Washington, D.C.U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) led a letter demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rescind the recently finalized rule for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and direct the EPA to revisit, pursuant to the best available science, its next review at the congressionally mandated five-year interval in 2025.
?“America’s manufacturing industries and power sector are environmentally cleaner than the global average and continue to adopt cleaner practices while becoming more efficient,” wrote the Senators. “The Biden administration’s efforts to prioritize emissions reductions and the virtue signaling of privileged climate change activists over American jobs and local communities continue to negatively impact our nation. We urge the immediate rescission of the revised NAAQS threshold of 9.0 mg/m3 and direct the EPA to revisit, pursuant to the best available science, its next review at the congressionally mandated five-year interval in 2025.”
?The letter was also signed by Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), John Boozman (R-Arkansas), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia), Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Montana), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), John Hoeven (R-North Dakota), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma), Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska), Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota), Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), JD Vance (R-Ohio), Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) and Todd Young (R-Indiana).
?The following groups have indicated support for the letter: American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), Forest Resources Association, Hardwood Federation, Forest Landowners Association, Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association (SLMA), National Mining Association, Pulp and Paperworkers’ Resource Council (PPRC), American Chemistry Council, American Petroleum Institute, Southern Group of State Foresters, American Wood Council, National Stone, Sand, & Gravel Association (NSSGA), Alabama Forestry Commission and Alabama Forestry Association.
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The full letter can be found below or here.?
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