This amendment does not alter the legal requirement that standards must be technically feasible, which explicitly includes consideration of costs. This amendment does nothing to change that. It just says they should also look at the effect of the contaminants on these vulnerable populations, but still does not do anything to do away with the feasibility clause in the bill.
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