Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0079-0108
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-07-15T04:00Z

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Statement
on
the
Implementation
of
the
1997
8­
Hour
Ozone
Standard
to
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Roger
Diedrich,
Chair,
Virginia
Chapter
of
the
Sierra
Club.

 
June
27,2003
The
13,000
mrd
mbers
of
the
Virginia
Chapter
of
the
Sierra
Club
are
deeply
disappointed
­
again
­
in
the­
PA
for
this
proposal
for
implementing
new,
weakened
standards
for
ozone.
Our
members
in
the
Metro
Dc
area
have
been
fighting
for
progress
on
clean
air
for
years
and
we
have
been
seeing
63
lot
of
foot­
dragging
by
local
officials.
The
last
,
thing
we
need
is
for
the
federal
government
to
come
along
and
give
them
a
free
pass
to
continue
in
their
derelict
behavior.
The
law
was
put
into
place
in
1997
in
response
to
sound
scientific
data
and
after
several
challenges
by
vested
interests,
even
more
substantiating
data
has
been
produced.
We
have
been
waiting
for
six
years
for
EPA
to
implement
a
common­
sense
regulation
change.

For
the
sake
of
some
trucker s
profit
margin,
for
the
sake
of
some
power
company s
market
share,
for
the
sake
of
SUV
drivers 
macho
desire
to
 
dominate 
the
road,
you
would
deny
America s
children
the
ability
to
play
outside
and
the
right
of
the
eldeily
to
comfortably
live
out
their
lives?
What
kind
of
cheapened
value
system
is driving
these
obscene
decisions?
a­\

We
can
do
better.
EPA
should
tighten
the
compliance
schedules
for
non­
attainment
s
*
areas,
not
loosen
them.
Our
communities
need
forward
progress
on
meeting
the
healthier
8­
hour
standard.
At
a
minimum,
you
should
keep
the
I­
hour
standard
in
place
as
a
safety
net
until
there
is
progress
toward
meeting
the
new
standard.

,
Power
companies
can
do
better
­
by
shifting
more
resources
to
Gleaner
sources
of
electricity
and
stop
pushing
to
get
around
long­
established
rules
like
the
New
Source
Review.
EPA
should
not
condone
it
when
they
try.
And
do
not
give
in
to
stated
plans
\

of
the
freight
industry
to
roll
back
the
diesel
rule.

EPA
needs
to
do
a
better
job
of
eliminating
loopholes
in
the
analysis
and
modeling
methods
for
assigning
classifications.

t
Some
of
this
may
involve
additional
spending
for
research,
for
positive
incentive
programs
or
for
public
transportation
infrastructure.
We
just
saw
the
approval
of
a
new
$
29
billion
Department
of
Homeland
Security,
largely
as
a
response
to
the
loss
of
about
.
3,000
innocent
lives.
What
is
the
proper
response
to
address
the
tens
of
thousands
of
early
deaths
EVERY
YEAR
from
filthy
toxic
air?

1
Roger
Diedrich,
Chair
Virginia
Chapter,
Sierra
Club
3322Prince
William
Dr.
Fairfax,
VA
22031
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