[House Document 119-76]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
119th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 119-76
PROCLAMATION REGARDING NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE
SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR THE SYNTHETIC ORGANIC
CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND GROUP I & II POLYMERS AND RESINS
INDUSTRY
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THEE UNITED STATES
transmitting
A PROCLAMATION PROVIDING EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN STATIONARY SOURCES FROM
COMPLIANCE WITH THE FINAL RULE PUBLISHED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY TITLED ``NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE
SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR THE SYNTHETIC ORGANIC
CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND GROUP I & II POLYMERS AND RESINS
INDUSTRY'', PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. 7412(i)(4); PUBLIC LAW 91-604, SEC.
4(a); (84 STAT. 1686)
July 22, 2025.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
Consistent with applicable law, including section 112(i)(4)
of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412(i)(4), I hereby report
that I have issued a proclamation providing exemption for
certain stationary sources from compliance with the final rule
published by the Environmental Protection Agency titled New
Source Performance Standards for the Synthetic Organic Chemical
Manufacturing Industry and National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Synthetic Organic Chemical
Manufacturing Industry and Group I & II Polymers and Resins
Industry, 89 FR 42932 (HON Rule), which imposes new emissions-
control requirements on certain chemical manufacturing
facilities.
As reflected in the proclamation of July 17, 2025
(Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote
American Chemical Manufacturing Security) (Proclamation), the
United States relies on a strong chemical manufacturing sector
to support industries like energy, national defense,
agriculture, and health care. These facilities produce
essential inputs for critical infrastructure, advanced
manufacturing, medical sterilization, semiconductors, and
national defense systems. Maintaining a robust domestic
chemical industry is vital to safeguarding the supply chains
that underpin our economy and to reducing the Nation's
dependence on foreign control over materials critical to
national resilience. As adversaries expand influence over key
inputs, continued domestic production is essential not only to
economic resilience but also to military readiness, public
health, and national preparedness.
In the Proclamation, I determined that the technology to
implement the HON Rule is not available. Such technology does
not exist in a commercially viable form sufficient to allow
implementation of and compliance with the HON Rule by the
compliance dates set forth in the HON Rule. I further
determined in the Proclamation that it is in the national
security interests of the United States to issue an exemption
from the HON Rule to certain stationary sources subject to the
HON Rule, as identified in Annex I of the Proclamation. This
exemption applies to all compliance deadlines established under
the HON Rule, with each such deadline extended by 2 years from
the date originally required for such deadline.
I am enclosing a copy of the Proclamation I have issued and
Annex I thereto.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, July 21, 2025.
Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American
Chemical Manufacturing Security
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By the President of the United States of America
a Proclamation
1. The United States relies on a strong chemical
manufacturing sector to support industries like energy,
national defense, agriculture, and health care. These
facilities produce essential inputs for critical
infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, medical sterilization,
semiconductors, and national defense systems. Maintaining a
robust domestic chemical industry is vital to safeguarding the
supply chains that underpin our economy and to reducing the
Nation's dependence on foreign control over materials critical
to national resilience. As adversaries expand influence over
key inputs, continued domestic production is essential not only
to economic resilience but also to military readiness, public
health, and national preparedness.
2. On May 16, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency
published a final rule titled New Source Performance Standards
for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for
the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Group
I & II Polymers and Resins Industry, 89 FR 42932 (HON Rule).
The HON Rule imposes new emissions-control requirements on
certain chemical manufacturing facilities, some of which were
promulgated pursuant to section 112 of the Clean Air Act, 42
U.S.C. 7412.
3. The HON Rule imposes substantial burdens on chemical
manufacturers already operating under stringent regulations.
Many of the testing and monitoring requirements outlined in the
HON Rule rely on technologies that are not practically
available, not demonstrated at the necessary scale, or cannot
be implemented safely or consistently under real-world
conditions. For many facilities, the timeline for compliance as
set forth at 89 FR 42953-42955 would require shutdowns or
massive capital investments before any proven pathway to
compliance exists. The HON Rule Imposes requirements that
assume uniform technological availability across facilities,
despite significant variation in site conditions, permitting
realities, and equipment configurations. A disruption of this
capacity would weaken key supply chains, increase dependence on
foreign producers, and impair our ability to respond
effectively in a time of crisis. These consequences would
ripple across sectors vital to America's growing industrial
strength and emergency readiness.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United
States of America, by the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States, including
section 112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412(i)(4),
do hereby proclaim that certain stationary sources subject to
the HON Rule, as identified in Annex I of this proclamation,
are exempt from compliance with those aspects of the HON Rule
that were promulgated under section 112 of the Clean Air Act,
42 U.S.C. 7412 for a period of 2 years beyond the HON Rule's
relevant compliance dates (Exemption). This Exemption applies
to all compliance deadlines established under the HON Rule
applicable to the stationary sources listed in Annex I, with
each such deadline extended by 2 years from the date originally
required for such deadline. The effect of this Exemption is
that, during each such 2-year period, these stationary sources
will be subject to the emissions and compliance obligations
that they are currently subject to under the applicable
standard as that standard existed prior to the HON Rule. In
support of this Exemption, I hereby make the following
determinations:
a. The technology to implement the HON Rule is not
available. Such technology does not exist in a
commercially viable form sufficient to allow
implementation of and compliance with the HON Rule by
the compliance dates in the HON Rule.
b. It is in the national security interests of the
United States to issue this Exemption for the reasons
stated in paragraphs 1 and 3 of this proclamation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
seventeenth day of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand
twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of
America the two hundred and fiftieth.
Donald J. Trump.