[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8375]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     OZONE STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of H.R. 4775, the 
Ozone Standards Implementation Act. Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA 
has used the National Ambient Air Quality Standards to impose costly 
and burdensome regulations on American manufacturers and the American 
people.
  By the EPA choosing to lower the NAAQ Standards further, many 
businesses will suffer while still struggling to meet the original 
standard. American businesses have already spent billions of dollars 
and years of planning to meet the 75 parts per billion original 
standard and will now find themselves unable to meet the new 
requirements. We can't and shouldn't change the rules in the middle of 
the game.
  Businesses across America and in Georgia 12, like many paper mills 
and manufacturing plants that are economic drivers in our area, have 
already spent billions to make our air cleaner.
  H.R. 4775 ensures that States and counties have the needed 
flexibility and time to comply with these standards while keeping our 
air clean and safe.
  I am proud to support this bill and commend my colleagues in the 
House for passing it this week.

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