The American Cement Association (ACA) has joined a coalition of US trade associations petitioning the US Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision upholding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2024 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) rule.
The coalition, led by the US Chamber of Commerce, is challenging the Biden-era regulation, which the ACA argues imposes limits that are technologically difficult to achieve and could constrain investment and cement production.
“Keeping the PM2.5 rule in place would be going completely against what the current Administration has been fighting so hard for in American manufacturing,” said Sean O’Neill, ACA senior vice president of government affairs.
The association said the regulation could reduce the scope for plant growth and reinvestment, potentially discouraging projects intended to improve environmental performance.
