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Want to avoid costly environmental regulations? Just email the EPA.

Want to avoid costly environmental regulations? Just email the EPA.

CBSN
Friday, March 28, 2025 02:45:34 AM UTC

In its latest move to dismantle environmental regulation under the Trump Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it would speed up the process by which industry can bypass provisions of the Clean Air Act and other rules designed to limit air pollution with a simple offer: email us for a presidential exemption.

Businesses that would like to avoid complying with certain EPA rules can email the agency with a reason justifying why it should be allowed an exemption and how it is in the best interest of the national security of the United States. According to the EPA website, all emails do not entitle the submitter to an exemption, but the president "will make a decision" based on the merits of the request.

The EPA said in a statement to CBS News that section 112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act "specifically states that the President may exempt any stationary source 'if the President determines that the technology to implement such standard is not available and that it is in the national security interests of the United States to do so.'"

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