Political Quotes

“Reclaiming my time, they realize the progress that has been made in southwestern Pennsylvania, they understand the good things that have been done with the air. And the gentleman brings up a fine point. This whole issue came to light when the National American Lung Association brought suit against the EPA, saying that back in 1987 when they went from total suspended particles to PM10, 10-micron size particles, since then, every 5 years they are supposed to revisit the issue. They have not done that. So it is time to revisit. It does not say they have to delay. It does not say they have to make it more stringent. It simply says they have to deal with PM, or as we say, soot or dust in the air. So here comes CASAC and they give the recommendation that we go from a 10 micron down to 2.5, but there are a lot of other things that they do not make recommendations about. We do not know, again, because we do not have the monitors, how bad the situation is. So where did this ozone thing come from? Legally, and the gentleman I know would agree, we do not have to deal with ozone right now, particularly at a time when the transport issue of ozone from one State to another is just being dealt with by the transport group that has been studying it.”