NCC Coordinates Letter to Sen. Murkowski Regarding Greenhouse Gases Regulation
The NCC was joined by 137 other commodity and agricultural organizations on a letter to Senator Murkowski declaring support for her introduction of a resolution opposing an EPA plan to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
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Dear Senator Murkowski:
The agricultural organizations listed below support your introduction of a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act regarding the decision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to move forward on regulating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Such regulatory actions will carry severe consequences for the
Both the current and past Administrations have acknowledged that the CAA is not the appropriate vehicle for establishing greenhouse gas policy. However, this EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare will trigger CAA regulatory actions such as application of National Ambient Air Quality Standards, New Source Performance Standards, and provisions of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V programs, essentially establishing greenhouse gas policy through the CAA by default. The compliance costs for these CAA programs would be overwhelming as millions of entities, including farms and ranches, would be subject to burdensome CAA regulations. While EPA has attempted to craft a “tailoring rule” to ease such a burden, our experience in these matters is that attempts to administratively relax environmental requirements are routinely challenged in court.
The EPA rule itself claims to establish only a weak, indirect link between greenhouse gases and public health and welfare, going so far as to admit there are uncertainties over the net, direct health impacts of the greenhouse gases it is attempting to regulate. Further, EPA Administrator
For these reasons, we strongly support your efforts to prevent EPA from moving forward with its endangerment finding and urge Senate approval of your resolution.
Sincerely,
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Feed Industry Association
American
American Mushroom Institute
American National CattleWomen
American Nursery and Landscape Association
American Soybean Association
American Sugarbeet Growers Association
Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association
Blue Diamond Growers
Colorado Cattlemen’s Association
Corn Producers Association of
Delta Council
Florida Cattlemen’s Association
Georgia Cotton Commission
Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association
Idaho Cattlemen’s Association
Independent Cattlemen’s Association of Texas
Maryland Cattlemen’s Association
Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association
Montana Stockgrower’s Association
National Association of Wheat Growers
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
National Chicken Council
National Corn Growers Association
National Cotton Council
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
National Milk Producers Federation
National Renderers Association
National Pork Producers Council
National Potato Council
National Sorghum Producers
National
New Mexico Federal Lands Council
New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc.
Ohio Cattlemen’s Association
Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association
Peanut Growers Cooperative Marketing Association
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.
Sandyland Water Conservation District
Select Milk Producers
SJV Quality Cotton Growers Association
Society of American Florists
South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association
South Dakota Wheat Inc.
South East Dairy Farmers Association
Southeastern Livestock Network
Southern Cotton Growers
Southern Peanut Farmers Federation
Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association, Inc.
Southwest Council of Agribusiness
Sunkist Growers
Texas Rice Producers Legislative Group
The Family Farm
United Fresh Produce Association
Utah Cattlemen’s Association
Virginia Peanut Growers Association
Western Growers
Western Agricultural Processors Association
Western Peanut Growers Association