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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Grants Further Regulatory Relief from Burdensome EPA Restrictions to Promote American Security
The White House
July 13, 2026
PROVIDING REGULATORY RELIEF: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a proclamation granting two years of regulatory relief from stringent Biden-era regulations that have hampered sectors vital to national security.
The proclamations cover certain chemical manufacturers that produce chemicals used in semiconductor production, medical device sterilization, advanced manufacturing, and national defense systems.
The proclamation allows certain critical facilities to comply with the EPA standards that were in place before the Biden Administration rulemakings for a period of two years.
The exemptions ensure that facilities in these critical industries can continue to operate uninterrupted to support national security without incurring prohibitive costs or having to comply with unattainable standards.
REDUCING BURDENSOME RESTRICTIONS: President Trump recognizes that overly restrictive environmental regulations undermine America’s energy reliability, economic vitality, and national security.
Biden-era emissions standards impose costly and, in some cases, unattainable compliance requirements on industries essential to national interests.
The technologies necessary to comply with these Biden-era standards are further not commercially viable in many instances.
These sectors are critical to maintaining national security and economic stability. Shutdowns could increase our reliance on foreign supply chains for semiconductors, reduce our ability to provide sterile medical equipment for public health and military readiness, and reduce the supply of steel that we need to support critical infrastructure.
BALANCING ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS WITH AMERICAN PROSPERITY: President Trump has consistently prioritized a pragmatic approach, ensuring that environmental policies support, rather than undermine, America’s economic strength and national security.
President Trump has sought to protect American industries while maintaining standards that allow Americans to have clean air and water.
In February 2026, President Trump announced the single largest deregulatory action in American history: the full revocation of the disastrous Obama-era “Endangerment Finding” and the consumer mandates that depended on it.
In May 2026, President Trump terminated the Biden Administration’s ridiculous refrigerant regulations that imposed burdensome and costly requirements and needlessly and substantially increased the price of transporting and storing refrigerated goods, driving up the price of food and other items Americans buy every day.
President Trump has signed multiple prior exemptions like the ones granted today, to ensure many industries vital to our national security can continue producing at full capacity without complying with burdensome and costly regulations that result in little environmental benefit.
President Trump’s approach encourages industry to develop cost-effective solutions like improved emissions technologies rather than imposing unfeasible mandates that risk economic disruption.
