The Denka Performance Elastomer facility in LaPlace, La. is pictured on Aug. 12, 2021. The plant is the only U.S. plant to produce neoprene, a synthetic rubber common in military equipment, wetsuits and medical technology. (EMILY KASK/AFP via Getty Images)
The company stated that EPA's "draconian" compliance deadline would force the company to idle its operations at "tremendous expense and risk to its hundreds of dedicated employees."
"We will therefore be pursuing legal challenges to extend the compliance period, to return the state’s authority to grant extensions, and to challenge the rule," DPE said. "After addressing EPA’s unrealistic compliance deadline, DPE expects to join the ethylene oxide manufacturers across the U.S. in opposing the substantive requirements of this rule."
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Overall, EPA's regulations unveiled Tuesday impact 218 chemical manufacturing facilities nationwide, a large share of which are located in Louisiana. Activists have dubbed the region in southeastern Louisiana as "Cancer Alley" due to the presence of several chemical plants, which they argue produce emissions linked to cancer.
The Environmental Protection Agency has targeted the billion-dollar chemical industry as part of its sweeping environmental justice efforts. (Getty Images)
In response to the regulations, though, the American Chemistry Council, which represents chemical manufacturers, said the regulations would have significant implications for vital industries such as electric vehicle battery development, agricultural products, domestic semiconductor manufacturing and health care access, which rely on ethylene oxide.
And neoprene, which DPE produces at a facility in LaPlace, La., is used in the production of everything from scuba gear to car gaskets. If the facility were to close as a result of the EPA's regulations, industries reliant on neoprene may be forced to look to foreign producers for the material.
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"Unless the Biden administration takes a different approach to how it creates and implements regulations, the availability of critical chemistries will dwindle – and the country’s climate, infrastructure, and supply chain priorities will suffer as well," the American Chemistry Council said.
The EPA didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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