Paul Tonko: “The second document I include in the Record is a letter from the Commissioner of the New York State Department of…”

“The second document I include in the Record is a letter from the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, again, opposing the bill. Office of the Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY. Re H.R. 806, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017. Hon. John Shimkus, Chairman, Subcommittee on the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Hon. Paul D. Tonko, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Honorable Chair Shimkus and Representative Tonko: The State of New York strongly opposes the ``Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017,'' which will substantially harm public health to the detriment of New Yorkers and residents of many other states. The proposed bill would restrict the efficacy of the Clean Air Act in a way that would delay implementation of critical health-based standards for protecting the public from harmful ground-level ozone and other dangerous air pollutants. The result of this proposed bill would be the significant postponement of health and environmental benefits for nearly a decade, inevitably resulting in increased illness and deaths from air pollution. Introduction The Clean Air Act (``Act'') addresses the critically important issue of protecting the health and welfare of all Americans from excessive levels of air pollution.…”