Government Wants to Tax Your Car Tires' Rubber Cousin for Pollution Cleanup
Published Date: 4/3/2025
Notice
Summary
A new petition wants to add a special kind of rubber called poly(ethylene-propylene) rubber to the list of chemicals that get taxed for Superfund cleanup. If added, companies making or using this rubber might pay extra taxes to help clean up pollution. Right now, the government is asking for your thoughts before making any decisions.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Petition to Tax Specific Rubber
A petition has been filed asking that poly(ethylene-propylene) rubber ((C2H4)m-(C3H6)n; m=59.04, n=40.96) be added to the list of taxable substances under the Superfund tax. If the substance is added to that list, companies that make or use this rubber might pay additional Superfund taxes tied to taxable substances.
No Immediate Tax Change Now
The notice is a filing and request for public comments and is not a determination that the list of taxable substances has been modified. That means there is no immediate change to the taxable substances list or immediate tax effect from this filing.
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