August 11, 2011 The President of the United States The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr.

President: In light of our fragile economy, your administration should continue doing everything possible to promote job creation, and an important way to bolster job creation is to reduce uncertainty facing businesses. The undersigned organizations and businesses of every size and industry, employing millions of American workers, therefore urge you to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from moving forward with its voluntary reconsideration of new National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone. EPAs new rules are not based on worsening conditions of air quality. They are not required by law or by court order. They are not required by the EPAs own timetable. They come as counties and states across the nation struggle to meet existing ozone standards and as businesses are making investments to meet the stricter 2008 NAAQS now under reconsideration. EPA predicts the new standard will cost between $20 billion and $90 billion annually. However, EPA often underestimates economic impact; private sector studies predict as many as 7.3 million lost jobs and up to $1 trillion in compliance costs by 2020. Hundreds of counties across the United States will be thrown out of compliance, making it difficult for businesses in these counties to build new facilities or expand existing ones. Worst of all, EPAs action is completely voluntary. There is no statutory or judicial requirement for EPA to act. The Clean Air Act requires EPA to reevaluate the ozone NAAQS on a five-year cycle; the current cycle is already more than halfway complete. EPA is already scheduled to begin establishing the next ozone standard in 2013. A new ozone standard at this point in time would limit business expansion in nearly every populated region of the United States and impair the ability of U.S. companies to create new jobs. We urge you to delay this discretionary, out-of-cycle ozone standard and wait until 2013 before determining whether a new standard is needed. Now is not the time to saddle our economy with the extraordinary costs associated with EPAs proposed national ozone standard. Sincerely, ACG Cotton Marketing LLC Aggregate & Ready Mix Association of Minnesota Alabama Petroleum Council Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Alro Enterprises, LLC

American Coolair Corporation American Farm Bureau American Petroleum Institute America's Finest Woodworking Team Inc. Arkansas Petroleum Council Arrow Gear Company Associated General Contractors of Minnesota Associated General Contractors of Missouri Associated Industries of Florida Associated Industries of Missouri Associated Oregon Industries Associated Petroleum Industries of Michigan Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania Association of Commerce And Industry of New Mexico Association of Washington Business Baytown Chamber of Commerce Beautiwood Unfinished Furniture Bellevue Drug Company, Inc Bernard Williams & Company Bismarck-Mandan Chamber of Commerce Bixby Metro Chamber of Commerce Brawley Chamber of Commerce Brideau Oil Corporation Caltone Color Graphics Chemical Industry Council of California Chemical Industry Council of Illinois Chemistry Council of Missouri Chevron Coleman Auto Body Repair Connecticut Petroleum Council Corn Refiners Association Crossfield Products Corp. Custom Hardware Engineering & Consulting, Inc. D.H. Food Services, Inc. Dan Cain Construction, LLC David A. Fruchey Delaware Petroleum Council Denver Hardware Co

Design Service Corporation Eastern Kansas Oil & Gas Association Evans Furniture Fairway Market,Inc. Fishel Steel Company Florida Chamber of Commerce Florida Fertilizer & Agricultural Association Florida Petroleum Council Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association Florida Pulp and Paper Association Frank W. Neal & Assoc., Inc. Georgetown Auto Parts Georgia Chemistry Council Georgia Petroleum Council Golden Eagle Inn Grand Rental Station Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce Gtm Sales, Inc Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce Hermann Lumber Company Heys Fabrication And Machine Co Holt Hosiery Mills Inc Home Telecom Illinois Association of Convenience Stores Illinois Energy Association Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association Illinois Manufacturers' Association Illinois Oil & Gas Association Illinois Petroleum Council Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association Independent Oil Marketers Association of New England Independent Petroleum Association of America Indiana Manufactured Housing Association and Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council Indiana Petroleum Council Industrial Metal Finishing Co Inland Pacific Chapter Associated Builders & Contractors JCM Industries, Inc. Jordan River Galvanizing

Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association Kansas Petroleum Council Keithly-Williams Seeds Kentucky Association of Manufacturers Kentucky Chemical Industry Council Kinsail Corporation Leon Blomendahl, Sole Proprietor Leopold Insurance Agency Lordon Engineering Louisiana Chemical Association Loveland Ready-Mix Concrete Loveland Ready-Mix Concrete, Inc. Machine Tool & Fab Corp. Maine State Chamber of Commerce Manufacture and Chemical Industry Council of North Carolina Manufacturers Association of Florida Maryland Industrial Technology Alliance Maryland Petroleum Council Massachusetts Chemistry Technology Alliance Massachusetts Petroleum Council McPherson Builders, Inc. Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce Michigan Association of Convenience Stores Michigan Chamber of Commerce Michigan Chemistry Council Michigan Manufacturers Association Michigan Oil And Gas Association Michigan Petroleum Association Michigan Railroads Association Michigan Trucking Association Mid-Atlantic Petroleum Distributors' Association Mining Minnesota Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Minnesota Transportation Alliance Missouri Chamber of Commerce & Industry Missouri Petroleum Council Missouri Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association Missouri Retailers Association

Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce National Grain And Feed Association National Oilseed Processors Association National Petrochemical and Refiners Association New Jersey Petroleum Council New York State Chemical Alliance New York State Petroleum Council North Carolina Chamber of Commerce North Carolina Petroleum & Convenience Marketers North Carolina Petroleum Council North Country Chamber of Commerce North Dakota Petroleum Council Ohio Chemistry Technology Council Ohio Petroleum Council Outdoor Advertising Association of Indiana Outdoor Amusement Business Association, Inc. Paducah Water Page One Holdings, L.P. Patrick J Whelan Pennsylvania Business Council Pennsylvania Chemical Industry Council Petty Line Construction Co., Inc. Power Supply Industries Inc. Precision Prefinishing Inc. Realty World Selzer Realty River Region Chamber of Commerce Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce Service Station Dealers of America /National Coalition of Petroleum Retailers and Allied Trades Sills Enterprises Inc Sioux City Truck Sales, Inc. Soltech Systems, Inc. South Carolina Chemistry Council South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance South Carolina Petroleum Council Southwestern Illinois Employers Association State Chamber of Oklahoma Sunshine Foods Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Tennessee Petroleum Council Territorial Landscape Co. Texas Chemical Council Tire Industry Association Tulsa Metro Chamber U.S. Chamber of Commerce Updegraff Clinic Virginia Petroleum Council W. R. Floyd Services, Inc Walmer Air Conditioning And Heating Co., Inc. Wannemacher Total Logistics Washington, Maryland, Delaware Service Station and Automotive Repair Association West Virginia Manufacturers Association West Virginia Petroleum Council Western Energy Alliance Wisconsin Engine Manufacturers & Distributors Alliance Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Wisconsin Petroleum Council Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association