Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., told Fox News Digital his bill would forward a "practical, common sense approach" to air quality regulations. (Fox News)
Carter added that his legislation is a "practical, common sense approach" to air quality regulations.
In particular, the Air Quality Standards Implementation Act would require EPA to follow a predictable timeline of review for its so-called National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) program. It would give states increased powers in the NAAQS process and ensure certain actions like wildfire mitigation, which generates soot, are not punished under the program.
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Carter's legislation comes one month after EPA finalized the latest NAAQS standards in a joint announcement with environmental activists, saying that limiting particulate matter known as PM2.5, or soot, would have health benefits for Americans nationwide. The rulemaking lowers the annual federal PM2.5 standard from a level of 12 micrograms per cubic meter to a level of 9 micrograms per cubic meter.
According to EPA, the regulations will prevent up to 4,500 premature deaths and 290,000 lost workdays while yielding up to $46 billion in net health benefits by 2032. Additionally, the agency noted that as PM2.5 concentrations have decreased 42% since 2000, the U.S. gross domestic product has increased 52%.
Manufacturers warned the Biden administration's air quality regulations would threaten nearly a million jobs nationwide. (Getty Images)
"I am proud to join Rep. Carter in pushing back against EPA's overreaching attempt to hamper American energy and hamstring the manufacturing sector," added Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio. "As Ohio’s Fifth District is home to more than 86,000 manufacturing jobs, this proposed rule will have a severe impact on our local economy. EPA continues to cast uncertainty over the energy and manufacturing industry, chilling investment in American companies to the benefit of our foreign competitors."
The regulations, meanwhile, will make the U.S. PM2.5 standards among the world's most burdensome. While Australia and Canada have annual standards lower than 9 micrograms per cubic meter, Japan has a standard of 15 micrograms per cubic meter, and the U.K. and European Union both have a standard of 20 micrograms per cubic meter.
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China and India have annual standards of 35 micrograms per cubic meter or greater.
Additionally, on Thursday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduced a resolution alongside 45 fellow Senate Republicans that would strike down EPA's NAAQS regulations.
"Senate Republicans will continue to stand with American workers and job creators – especially when the Biden Administration tries to make their work harder," McConnell said Thursday.
Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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