WASHINGTON (March 12, 2025) – The American Chemistry Council (ACC) supports U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s announcement today that the Agency has taken steps to begin reconsideration of the Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (PM 2.5 NAAQS) rule to help power the great American comeback.
The following statement may be attributed to Dr. Kimberly Wise White, Ph.D., ACC’s Vice President for Regulatory and Scientific Affairs:
“ACC appreciates EPA’s plans to revisit the previous Administration’s PM2.5 NAAQS rule and issue guidance to increase flexibility and provide clear direction on permitting obligations. EPA’s decision is an important step towards growing domestic chemical production in a streamlined, efficient, and protective way. Today’s announcement helps promote the broader regulatory certainty necessary to foster continued industry growth, innovation, and expansion and strengthen our manufacturing economy.
“ACC members are committed to the health and safety of the communities where we operate and the products we manufacture. We are a safer and cleaner industry than ever before. Responsible Care®, our mandatory world-class safety and environmental performance program, is what sets us apart. Responsible Care practitioners have a 4x better worker safety rate than the U.S. manufacturing sector as a whole and a 3x better worker safety rate than the business of chemistry overall.
“ACC and its industry partners will continue to work with this Administration, Congress and EPA to support America’s great comeback. America’s success relies on American chemistry.”
