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January 31, 2014 

The Honorable Gina McCarthy 

Administrator 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

William Jefferson Clinton Building 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Mail Code: 1101A 

Washington, DC 20460 

RE: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards 

Dear Administrator McCarthy: 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has led the national effort to save 

lives and improve public health under the Clean Air Act. That is why we look 

forward to the EPA's issuance of the final Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel 

Standards as soon as possible. As the EPA's own analysis shows, the proposed 

standards would prevent tens of thousands of asthma attacks and nearly 2,500 

premature deaths every year by 2030, while also adding between $8 billion and $23 

billion to our economy each year in economic and health care benefits. 

Cleaner gasoline and vehicle standards will dramatically improve public 

health by reducing nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, 

and other harmful pollutants and well-established causes of ozone pollution and 

particle pollution. The proposed lower sulfur gasoline will provide as much 

emissions reduction as removing an estimated 33 million cars from the road. 

According to the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, the proposed 

standards would increase the cost of gasoline by about one cent per gallon and add 

$150 to the cost of a new car, meaning our air can be much cleaner without a high 

cost to consumers. 

Those suffering most from air pollution cannot afford to wait any longer for 

relief. According to the Health Effects Institute, 30 to 45 percent of American city 

dwellers live close enough to a major roadway to face near-constant exposure to 

traffic-related air pollutants including nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, carbon 

monoxide, and cancer causing agents such as benzene. Recently, the World Health 

Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded that outdoor 

air pollution and particulate matter cause lung cancer in humans. 

Air pollution affects everyone, but is especially harmful to people with 

asthma and cardiovascular disease, seniors, and young children. We urge EPA to 

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finalize the Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards so all Americans can 

breathe easier.

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Letter signers: Jan Schakowsky, Earl Blumenauer, Lois Capps, Matt Cartwright, 

David Cicilline, Gerry Connolly, Diana DeGette, Rosa L. DeLauro, John Dingell, 

Tammy Duckworth, Keith Ellison, Raul Grijalva, Alcee Hastings, Jared Huffman, 

Hank Johnson, William Keating, Joseph Kennedy II1, Daniel Kildee, Jim Langevin, 

Barbara Lee, Sander Levin, Zoe Lofgren, Alan Lowenthal, Betty McCollum, Jim 

McGovern, Michael Michaud, Jim Moran, Jerrold Nadler, Scott Peters, Chellie 

Pingree, Mark Pocan, Mike Quigley, Bobby Scott, Bradley Schneider, Allyson 

Schwartz, Louise Slaughter, Adam Smith, Jackie Speier, John Tierney, Paul Tonko, 

Chris Van Hollen, and Henry Waxman.

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