Ohio Congressman Donald Pease proposed the amendment that caused taxpayers whose adjusted gross income (AGI) exceeded a threshold to lose 3% of their itemized deductions for each dollar they earned above the threshold.
After reporting concern about contamination, water quality tests performed by the Texas Railroad Commission found naturally-occurring levels of benzene, a known carcinogen, which exceeded the threshold limit for drinking water, but found no evidence to support a flaming water claim.
The findings suggested that the plants' NOx emissions could result in a 35% increase in the number of days when ozone levels exceeded the upper threshold set by the US Environment Protection Agency.