Cal Dooley, President, American Chemistry Council, 黑料社渨e黑料社檙e 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.黑料社�
ANGA, 黑料社渟afe 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黑料社檚 air quality has improved dramatically. However, today黑料社檚 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.黑料社�
Lisa Murkowski, Senator, Energy and National Resources Committee, 黑料社淓PA黑料社檚 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黑料社et again we黑料社檙e seeing the Obama administration release an incredibly expensive regulation on the eve of a major national holiday黑料社he 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.黑料社�
Richard Metcalf, Director of Environmental Affairs, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, 黑料社渟ay I want to pave a road in New Orleans. If they expand the emissions standards and New Orleans falls into non-attainment, you黑料社檇 have to reevaluate every road project and assign it a higher budget.黑料社�
Jay Timmons, CEO, National Association of Manufacturers, 黑料社渢his 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.黑料社�
Will Allison, Director, State Department of Public Health and Environment黑料社檚 Air Pollution Control Division, 黑料社渃ertainly 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黑料社檛 emitted directly but is formed when sunlight hits emissions from vehicles, power plants and factories黑料社ll 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.黑料社�
Bill Kovacs, US Chamber of Commerce, 黑料社渢he EPA黑料社檚 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.黑料社�
Fred Upton, US Representative, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, 黑料社渢his validates everything we黑料社檝e been trying to say about the potential of energy resources to recharge the US economy. It黑料社檚 coming and it黑料社檚 real and it will have an impact.黑料社�
James M. Inhofe, US Senator, 黑料社渢oday 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.黑料社�
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