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Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin announced two actions that are expected to save American families and businesses over $2.4 billion. A final rule revising the 2023 Technology Transitions rule and a proposed technical fix to the 2024 Emission Reduction and Reclamation, focus on addressing the costly overreaching restrictions which limit the refrigerant options American businesses and families are allowed to use.
EPA administrator Zeldin said “Americans were right to be frustrated with the Biden-era refrigerant rules. They didn’t protect human health or the environment and instead piled on costly, unattainable restrictions beyond what the law requires. Today, the Trump EPA is fulfilling President Trump’s promise to lower costs and is fixing every problem we can under the authority Congress gave us. Our actions allow businesses to choose the refrigeration systems that work best for them, saving them billions of dollars. This will be felt directly by American families in lower grocery prices.”
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, These revisions are expected to provide savings of “Over $900 million from revisions to the 2023 Technology Transitions Rule, including more than $800 million at the supermarket; Up to $1.5 billion in projected savings for transporters of refrigerated goods under the proposed Emissions Reduction and Reclamation technical fix if finalized; and More than 350,000 high-skilled American jobs safeguarded.”
Audio Reporting by Dale Sandlin and Elizabeth Sanders for Southeast AgNet.