Rep. Salmon Introduces Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act

Statement

Today, Rep. Matt Salmon (AZ-05) reintroduced the Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act, designed to delay the EPA's existing timeline to review and revise air standards and quality criteria. The bill would prohibit the EPA from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a revised standard until 2019 and set future timelines for review at 10 years. Upon introduction of the bill, Rep. Salmon issued the following statement:

"The EPA has once again placed itself at odds with America's economic recovery. By their own numbers, the latest proposal for National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) is the most expensive regulation in American history.

"There is no more effective way to inhibit job creation or capital investment than to threaten states with a series of regulatory sanctions for opening productive businesses. Under the current standards enforced by the EPA, 221 counties across 27 states are listed as being in "non-attainment status.' But while over half of our states are having trouble meeting current metrics, the new structure of even more stringent requirements only exacerbate the problem.

"I urge the Congress to act quickly and pass this bill to remove the specter of these increased regulations on the future of our economy."

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