Two groups of the chemical industry are looking for President Trump to release his factory completely from new dangerous air pollution restrictions.

According to the new rule completed last year by Biden Administration, chemical plants should soon be required to control and reduce the emission of toxic pollutants, such as ethylene oxide, an ingredient caused by cancer used in antifreeze and plastic.

Now the two groups, the US Council of Chemistry and US fuel manufacturers and petrochemicals, who represent the main chemical companies of the nation, are seeking a temporary renunciation of the president for all pollutants as a rule.

The new demands are burdened with the corporations of their members with “significantly expensive demands on the unspoken time lane”, wrote groups in a letter of March 31, received by the Environmental Protection Fund, a group of environmental advocacy.

In a letter addressed to Lee Zeldin, an administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the groups said that the costs of meeting companies would even exceed $ 50 billion parts of the new rule, significantly more than an assessment of an agency of $ 1.8 billion.

The request followed by EPA said the companies last month to be able to apply for renunciations to the main pure air rules by sending an email. EPA pointed to the part Pure air law This allows the president to temporarily excl with the industrial plants from new rules if the technology required to fulfill these rules is not available if it is in the interest of national security.

Under Mr. Trump, Epa moved to return many of the same rules. This could mean that companies that approved the temporary exemption that could now ultimately never be in accordance with the new rules.

Taylor Rogers, a white house spokeswoman, said in a statement that “she will not be ahead of the president, but we can confirm the dedication of President Trump to release US energy, protecting our interests for national security and ensuring environmental management.”

The rule from the Biden time was part of the effort of that administration to deal with the disproportionate effect of the danger of the environment Dealing with communities near chemical plants. These are often with low income, mostly black or Latin neighborhoods with elevated asthma, cancer and other health problems.

It updates several regulations that regulate the chemical plants, some of which have not been tightened for almost 20 years, and are applied to more than 200 chemical facilities across Texas and Louisiana, as well as the Ohio and Western Virginia River Valley – all home of the main chemical hubs.

The rule for the first time was considered the cumulative effects of more chemical plants on the community in such hubs, not just the effect of one source of contamination.

The companies would be asked to strictly tighten control and processes to limit chemical shows. They would also be sought to monitor the chimneys and openings in the production facilities, and at the same time check that the chemicals are present on the property line. This type of fence monitoring is similar to those needed from oil refineries.

But the chemical industry has caused various concerns due to new limitations, especially on ethylene oxide, saying that it is used in various products such as electric vehicles. It is also key to sterilizing medical equipment, According to the Food and Drug Administration.

In a statement on Saturday, Chet Thompson, CEO of US fuels and petrochemical manufacturers, called Biden-Ere the “illegal, unreasonable and technologically unattainable”, adding that “critical American production operations are in danger.”

Vickie Patton, Chief Advisor to the Environmental Protection Fund, said Trump’s administration “opened the rear doors to companies to avoid respecting reasonable limitations on the most toxic forms of air pollution.”

American families, she said: “They have to worry about their loved ones to breathe dirty air, their children are missing their school days and suffering all their lives on the disease because of toxic pollution and more cancer in their families.”

The latest move is part of the effort of Trump’s administration to reject EPA from its original role of environmental protection and regulation. Mr. Zeldin has described a new agency mission As a lowering cost of buying a car, homes for heating and running a company, as well as stimulating American energy dominance.

Last month administration rejected the federal lawsuit Contrary to a chemical manufacturer accused of release of high levels of chloroprene, likely carcinogenic, from the Louisiana plant.