Thank you for the opportunity to speak today regarding the external review draft of the Policy Assessment for the Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter. I am Chad Whiteman and I am speaking on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber supports air quality standards that are necessary to protect public health and welfare, and our members will take the appropriate measures that are required of them to attain and remain in attainment of those standards. We believe EPA’s decision whether to maintain or revise the NAAQS should be based on a holistic policy judgment informed by an unbiased review of the latest scientific evidence.