Sentences with phrase «ozone standards»

She voted against legislation to delay implementation of federal ozone standards, and she voted in support of a spending bill for energy and water programs.

After promulgation of the current ozone standard in 2008, EPA, two years later, called a temporary halt to the nationwide implementation of the standard in response to the severe recession prevailing at the time.

The EPA's 2015 rulemaking, which set the new ozone standards at 70 parts per billion, could quadruple the number of counties defined as being in non-attainment to 958.

Feldman said new EPA data shows states are having more trouble meeting current ozone standards than previously thought and that 19 metropolitan areas — including Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia — will get more time to comply.

This «climate penalty» will make it tougher for cities to meet the eight - hour U.S. EPA ozone standard of 75 parts per billion, the report states.

Prepared and submitted public comments on behalf of energy industry client concerning proposed EPA regulations on ground level ozone standards under the Clean Air Act.

In 2015, the EPA promulgated the strictest ozone standards ever, which are expected to have, at best, negligible health benefits, but could impose significant costs on consumers and the economy.

«CEI Joins 60 Organizations Opposing National Ozone Standard,» Competitive Enterprise Institute, May 9, 2016.

The costs of tightening ozone standards are likely to overwhelm the benefits, if any, as Joel Schwartz and Steven Hayward explain in chapter 7 of their book, Air Quality in America: A Dose of Reality on Air Pollution Levels, Trends, and Health Risks.

Starting in 2010, EPA experienced a series of delays in issuing a proposal to tighten the 75 - ppb ozone standard, which was set during George W. Bush's presidency.

Environmental groups and Democratic lawmakers hailed today's proposal, saying that tighter ozone standards are long overdue.

Air quality improvements will continue as states add even more emission control technologies to achieve ozone standards set in 2008 under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards program.

The EPA admits that more - protective ozone standards could save 12,000 lives a year, yet it has put off updating them for years.

Unfortunately, EPA then issued new, more stringent 2015 ozone standards before fully implementing the 2008 standards.

On other questions, though, such as the delay on ozone standards, there are signs that politics are intruding.

He engaged in a fiery exchange with EPA administrator Stephen Johnson over the White House's role in denying California a waiver for higher tailpipe emissions standards and weakening ozone standards.

The EPA says ozone standards that have required scrubbers and other pollution - control equipment have yielded dramatic results, helping to slash average ozone levels 33 percent from 1980 to 2013.

Interestingly, EPA announced on Tuesday - Election Day - that it would postpone the release of the new ozone standard until the end of the year.

One of the most damaging to the economy is the new ozone standard which, according to a recent study, could destroy as many as 7.3 million U.S. jobs.

Analyzing the three most recent years of ozone data, 217 counties are measured or projected to be out of attainment or in metro areas that don't meet existing ozone standards, he said.

«U.S. Chamber to File Lawsuit Challenging EPA's Latest Ozone Standard,» Institute for 21st Century Energy, December 23, 2015.

In October, EPA circulated guidance to states and its regional offices detailing the results of its updated modeling showing that it expects the entire nation to have air quality that meets the old pre-Obama ozone standard by 2023, except for California, which has the nation's highest ozone levels.

The group's modeling also indicates that the entire nation would be able to attain the more stringent Obama administration ozone standard, if it were not for international emissions, especially from Canada and Mexico, and for exceptional events like wildfires that add smog - forming chemicals to the air.

In a companion report, the Senate Republican Policy Committee estimates the job losses and «energy tax» burden (compliance cost + GDP reduction) each State will incur if EPA picks the most stringent ozone standard it is considering.

A new study by the Center for Regulatory Solutions (CRS) details how more restrictive ozone standards would impact where a lot of people live: Chicago and the state of Illinois.

The ALA certainly does not disclose to voters that the Obama administration rejected any tightening of the federal ozone standard in 2011 because of the economic damage it would cause.

Gina McCarthy, administrator for the EPA, has framed an update to the ground - level ozone standard, claiming it is aligning the agency's rules with the latest science in an effort to decrease the chance of respiratory illnesses amongst vulnerable populations.

Likewise, a NAM report, titled «Potential Economic Impacts of a Stricter Ozone Standard,» states that a majority of new reductions would have to come from «unknown controls.»

«We're reducing emissions at the same time, but tightening the current ozone standard to near unachievable levels would serve as a self - inflicted wound to the U.S. economy at the worst possible time.

Myron Ebell is a signatory to a letter opposing the National Ozone Standard.

According to their press release, the Chamber told local communities that «a lower ozone standard would threaten local jobs and economic growth» with efforts including panel discussions with government officials, business leaders and local Chambers of Commerce.

«We hope that this extension signals that the EPA is being more deliberative in finalizing this rule because they realize that the proposed new ozone standard would put nearly 100 percent of the United States in non-attainment and subject every state to erroneous and costly requirements,» API's Howard Feldman told Dow Jones.

The influx of pollution from Asia could make it difficult for these areas to comply with the federal ozone standards, according to the study's authors.

According to the study, springtime ozone levels in the national parks rose during that period by 5 to 10 parts per billion (ppb), which is significant given that the federal ozone standard is 70 ppb.

Given the pre-Thanksgiving rollout of EPA's new ozone standards, several environmental reporters joked that the agency's midsummer time frame will lead to rules being proposed on Friday, July 3 (Greenwire, Nov. 26, 2014).

«Given that conclusion, there is absolutely no basis for EPA to propose changing the ozone standards promulgated by the EPA Administrator in 2008.»

The agency last revised its ozone standards in 2008, but even then its administrator acknowledged they were weak and scientifically unsupportable.

I'm not going to address all of them, but some of the most significant would impact hydraulic fracturing, ozone standards, methane controls and the next five - year plan covering access to offshore areas.

A quick estimate suggests that a 10 ppb reduction in the ozone standard would translate into an annual cost saving of approximately $ 1.1 billion in labor expenditure.

Green groups had to sue the EPA in 2002 before it began enforcing new ozone standards — and its plan was so weak it was rejected in court.

After the Bush EPA finalized the 2008 ozone standard, environmental pressure groups complained it wasn't stringent enough.

For example, in the Cincinnati - Dayton region, assuming an ozone standard of 70 ppb, production would decline by $ 14.8 billion, killing 91,700 jobs in 2030.

«Republicans,» according to National Journal, «have vowed to target the ozone standard as a part of their early energy agenda.»

«EPA clearly understands that many municipalities need more time to implement the current ozone standards, and yet the agency continues its heedless rush to lower them further.

This has certainly been the pattern in EPA rulemakings in other arenas, such as ozone standards and air toxics.

«Given the harmful economic effects, we ask that you consider measures to change the ozone standard and reform the rulemaking process,» the letter reads.

Ozone levels are down — Our air is cleaner and continues to get cleaner under 2008 ozone standards — and those aren't even fully implemented yet.