Posted on 10/18/2010 1:47:42 PM PDT by Andrea19
...What’s more, silicones contribute significantly to energy efficiency; their use in tires and automobile parts increases fuel efficiency by providing lighter and more sustainable components. Their sealant properties provide high-efficiency insulation for buildings while their use in coatings in manufacturing cuts down on friction resulting in more efficient production. Restricting the use of siloxanes, then, is a peculiar initiative for an agency that has spent billions of tax dollars lobbying for “green” enterprises.
Restricting the use of a chemicals with such broad application could have catastrophic implications for the economy, causing job loss by the millions and paralyzing succesful industries.
Even more disconcerting is the EPA's use of a CAP to limit the use of siloxanes. CAPs allow the agency to circumvent its legislative charter to issue speculative rulings without proper research and scientific guidance. By its own admission, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s overhaul of the regulatory framework has “superseded” the program put in place to ensure transparency and open assessment of chemicals...
Read more: http://www.atr.org/regulatory-overreach-making-epa-eyes-silicones-a5484#ixzz12kBRI9lg
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These people are absurd ! Yet, this is a part of their design, make life more difficult and throw rocks into the cogs of our economy ! Just like Jerry Brown of CA, he wants us on Welfare versus working for a living. Being on welfare, there is no independence. P!$$ off some bureaucrat, no welfare check !
As Newt said. The EPA can’t be reformed it must be replaced. The agency is full of business hating leftists.
If I recall correctly the head of the EPA during the Klintoon administration banned some of the most useful pesticides, including a very effective fire and pesticide.
Just great. What other segments of the economy can we destroy today?
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