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Lee Zeldin: “It's important to note that there were mercury and air toxic…”

Featuring: Lee Zeldin, Republican | Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency | National

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Julie Fedorchak and Lee Zeldin Discuss Regulatory Reforms Impacting North Dakota

Published | Video Starts at 04:51

As you work on that rule, will you work with me in this committee to get it right? Absolutely, Congresswoman. And It's important to note that there were mercury and air toxic standards before this most recent rule was put into place. So some people tried talking about it as if this recent MATS rule, if it went away, that there's just no mercury and air toxic standards. And that's just, that's not accurate. (04:51–05:02)

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Asserts that mercury and air toxic standards existed prior to the recent MATS rule.

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