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WASHINGTON, September 2, 2011 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard welcomed President Obama's decision to halt EPA's proposal to set a new, out-of-cycle ozone standard without any mandate or obligation:

WASHINGTON, August 23, 2011 – API's Howard Feldman, director of regulatory and scientific affairs, welcomed the White House plans to eliminate unnecessary regulations that are costing American jobs and harming our economy. He called on the president to add the proposed new EPA ozone rule, greenhouse gas regulations, and upcoming "Tier 3" fuel standards to the top of the list.

WASHINGTON, August 11, 2011 – The American Petroleum Institute (API), along with more than 170 businesses and business groups that together employ millions of American workers, sent a letter to President Obama urging him to stop the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) voluntary reconsideration of new National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone.

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2011 – EPA’s proposed new ozone standards would damage America’s economy and eliminate millions of jobs, API President and CEO Jack Gerard said at a Business Roundtable press conference today. He said the standards would harm businesses and consumers, especially energy producers and energy consumers.

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2011 – Citing the potential for major damage to the nation’s economy, the American Petroleum Institute today expressed frustration that the Environmental Protection Agency has not gone far enough to ease the burden of unreasonable regulations on American businesses.