EPA air proposal cuts too fast, threatens local economies

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’s analysis significantly underestimates compliance costs because it reflects control measures that produce only a fraction of the reductions needed for all counties in the United States to meet the proposed standards.projects that the proposed rule will cost $1.8 billion. But the real compliance costs are likely to be closer to $24 billion.

The good news is that America’s air quality has improved significantly in the decades since the Clean Air Act became law. Today, the U.S. already has some of the most stringent standards to control particulate matter in the world, which has resulted in significant reductions of PM 2.5. In fact, PM 2.5 has dropped by 78% between 1970 and 2020 and a full 44% since 2000. Even without this new proposal, American industry will continue to make improvements. Thecan lower the standards when there is a feasible pathway to compliance and less of a cost burden on the economy.

This moment in America is unique in that we are recovering from the most extraordinary global pandemic of our generation while jump-starting an economy that was idled because of the pandemic and tremendous social and racial unrest.

 

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