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Posted on 11/26/2014 6:53:24 AM PST by reaganaut1
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed lower limits for ground-level ozone, or smog, in the atmosphere, setting in motion the latest in a series of far reaching federal pollution restrictions.
The EPA proposed limiting ozone between 65 and 70 parts per billion in the air and sought comment on a standard as strict as 60 parts per billion, all which is in line with what an independent scientific advisory panel had recommended earlier this year. The current level, established in 2008 by the George W. Bush administration, is set at 75 parts per billion. The agency also said in a fact sheet on its website that it will take comment on keeping the standard at the level it is at now, a move that could give cautious hope to industry groups that had been lobbying for that.
“Bringing ozone pollution standard in line with the latest science is more than just a legal requirement; it empowers the American people,” EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said in an op-ed published in CNNMoney, where the agency announced the proposal.
The proposal is expected to reanimate a battle between businesses and environmental groups that has been dormant for three years. In 2011, the EPA estimated that the proposed standard—set then at the toughest level the agency had yet considered—could cost utilities and other businesses as much as $90 billion a year. President Barack Obama delayed issuing it. It also estimated then that the rule would deliver up to $100 billion a year in public-health benefits.
The EPA’s estimated costs and benefits for Wednesday’s proposal are significantly less than the 2011 plan. Costs range between $3 billion and $15 billion in 2025, and the monetary value of the public health benefits range between $6.4 billion and $19 billion annually in 2025.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Los Angeles is detrimental to the rest of America. Let them gag and suffer from their excesses but don’t penalize the rest of the country
Perhaps a big earth quake will solve the smog problem
Then I'm cool to use my chlorofluorocarbon propellant underarm deodorant as long as I'm not in a high altitude hot air ballonn?
Yep...lol
“Billions in higher costs for what possible benefit?”
Havent you heard? It, um, empowers the people...and stuff.
“stricter”?
Iteotwawki
“It also estimated then that the rule would deliver up to $100 billion a year in public-health benefits. “
Another figure pulled out of their asses.
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