In your opinion, what is the potential or realized impact of this legislation on the community?

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This is a discussion post. 1 is the initial post (2 paragraphs- Dallas, Texas) and the others are responses to two peers , 1 paragraph each
Initial post – question
Locate current or proposed legislation, city rules, or ordinances that have the potential to affect the environment in your area. Summarize the legislation and draw conclusions about the impact legislation will have on environmental practices.
Dallas TEXAS
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Visit the website of a legislative body that has the ability to create rules, codes, or ordinances that impact the environment. Examples of these types of agencies include: Green Dallas, Fort Worth Environmental Management Department, Texas House of Representatives Committee on Environmental Regulation, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Select one piece of legislation (or rule, or ordinance), either proposed or actual, and summarize it for the class. Ideally, you should select legislation that will directly impact your community.
Review the discussion board prior to selecting a proposal or prior to posting your message to the discussion board in order to avoid duplicating resources.
List the title of the legislative bill, rule, or ordinance. Include the title of the legislative body that drafted, proposed, or authorized the legislation.
Summarize the environmental legislation in one or two paragraphs. Identify key concepts included in the legislation.
In your opinion, what is the potential or realized impact of this legislation on the community?
Do you agree or disagree with the legislation? Support your answer.
Your original post should consist of complete sentences and should be at least two complete paragraphs but no more than three paragraphs.
Peer 1 Pena- (already answered the above question) please reply in one paragraph The United States Environmental Protective Agency in 1970 created The Clean Air Act. Under this act, the EPA regulates the Ethylene Oxide emission from the industrial pollutants and monitors the trends through National Air Toxics Trends Stations (NATTS) and the Urban Air Toxics Monitoring Program (UATMP). (EPA, 2022) Recently Texas Comission of Environmental Quality ( TCEQ) argumented against EPA about the toxicity of Ethylene Oxide. According to Vasquez, in his this news article, Houston is considered the “industrial cancer hotspot”. (Vasquez, 2022). The TCEQ, considers that the EPA’s findings are inaccurate and TCEQ claims that Ethylene Oxide emissions are “less harmful”, opposing EPA’s findings.
The issue with the TCEQ’s findings is that if the EPA’s re-categorization of Ethylene Oxide is to their favor, which is stated by them to be much harmful, is that the emissions of Ethylene Oxide would be substantially reduced to protect the habitants around the area. Monetary losses or production rates could be affected by the restrictions that these new findings from the EPA could implicate.
As per Vasquez the Public Citizen researcher Stephanie Thomas, some facilities in Texas ethylene oxide emissions “exceed levels of concern”. (Vasquez, 2022). There is a correlation between lymphoid and breast cancer deaths and ethylene oxide. (Vasquez, 2022). If the TCEQ gets to prove their argument to be correct, which is that the air pollutant is not as toxic as the EPA claims to be, the emissions would not be reduced or restricted. This means highly putting people at risk for cancer associated with ethylene oxide emissions. If the EPA wins this contradictory claim, there will be more protection to the citizens living in the area. The photo in the news article taken by David J. Phillip, portrays a refinery emitting gases, and in the background the buildings of Houston Downtown area. Residents have for years been asking for more protection regarding this same issue.
References:
Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). EPA. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview (Links to an external site.)
Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Ethylene oxide CASRN 75-21-8 | DTXSID0020600 | Iris | US EPA, Ord. EPA. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris2/chemicalLanding.cfm?substance_nmbr=1025 (Links to an external site.)
Vasquez, L. (2022, February 22). Texas defends its less protective standard for highly toxic air pollutant during EPA meeting. Houston Public Media. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2022/02/22/419622/texas-defends-its-less-protective-standard-for-highly-toxic-air-pollutant-during-epa-meeting/ (Links to an external site.)
Peer 2 – has already replied . please respond in 1 paragraph lillian
Oil and Natural Gas Production Facilities: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created The Clean Air Act (CAA) section 112. EPA issued final rules to reduce emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from oil and natural gas production facilities as well as natural gas transmission and storage facilities.
I live in West Texas where oil and natural gas are extracted and processed. Emissions from different manufacturing and processing at oil and natural gas industries and natural gas transmission and storage facilities here in West Texas contains air toxins, from benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and mixed xylenes, and n-hexane. These are the pollutants known as to cause serious health problems, cancer, birth defects and reproductive problems. Having this rule in place, it will cause positive impact on residents on West Texas reducing too much exposure to these harmful toxins.
References
Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). EPA. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Ethylene oxide CASRN 75-21-8 | DTXSID0020600 | Iris | US EPA, Ord. EPA. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris2/chemicalLanding.cfm?substance_nmbr=1025 (Links to an external site.)

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