WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
Today, during a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing (https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=2A1BC306-F44D-45A7-898D-E968BFEA1445) on the proposed Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) 2027 budget, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly pressed EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on the Administration's use of a Clean Air Act rule allowing a mining company to bypass requirements to reduce toxic emissions in Miami, Arizona. This waiver is putting kids, school, churches, and the entire nearby community at risk.
Kelly highlighted the dangers of toxic emissions from a smelter operating near a school and residential community: "During your ...