Examples of use of secondary standard
1. "It‘s important to have a different secondary standard.
2. But Rich Poirot, a member of the EPA‘s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee who helped craft the panel‘s recommendations for the secondary standard, said the final regulation did not take into account the fact that trees and plants, unlike humans, are exposed to ozone 24 hours a day.
3. EPA officials answered in a letter that high ozone concentrations can cause "adverse effects on agricultural crops, trees in managed and unmanaged forests, and vegetation species growing in natural settings." The preamble to the new regulations alluded to this tug of war, stating there was a "robust discussion within the Administration of these same strengths and weaknesses" in setting the secondary standard.
4. The preamble went on to say that the decision to make the two ozone limits identical "reflects the view of the Administration as to the most appropriate secondary standard." The effort to rewrite the language –– on the day the agency faced a statutory deadline –– forced EPA Administrator Stephen L.
5. "The secondary standard we set is fully supported by both the law and the record, and it is the most protective eight–hour standard ever for ozone." When asked about Clement‘s role, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said: "The White House sought legal advice from the Justice Department and made its decision based on that advice." The EPA‘s documents suggest that senior officials and scientific advisers resisted the White House‘s position.