therefore, must oppose the raa. i grew up in a small environmental justice community right outside of the city of wilmington, delaware, whose residents are predominantly black, low income, have cancer risks that are 19 to 23% higher than more affluent communities. respiratory health risks in my community is 32-43% higher than delaware overall. people there do not know that their homes, schools and playground were built on top of filled marsh and near toxic plants that are detrimental to their health and the health of their children. i now understand why my father died of pancreatic cancer. my 81-year-old mother suffers with breast cancer. and i'm a two-time survivor of breast cancer at 19 and colon cancer at 58. i am now 60 years old and am cancer free, thank god. in addition to having the second highest cancer and respiratory hazard risks within one mile, there are 48 ground fill sites. more than half of all brown fills in delaware. also within one mile are two risk management program facilities, 13 toxic release i

that raa requires extensive new analysis that will paralyze agencies. about raa would create dozens of new analytical and procedural requirements that all agencies misconduct report issuing protective safeguards. these time-consuming resource intensive often one-sided agreements-- requirements wouldn't necessarily improve the quality of the agency decision-making process, but rather an extensive delay or complete paralysis to the promulgation of safeguards that americans expect and rely upon to protect their families. that raa would also make the process more adversarial and less accessible. the raa would make it harder for the public including consumers and consumer organizations, public interest organizations to participate in the rulemaking process by requiring adversarial procedures of formal rulemaking for the most significant rulemaking. the raa would also make independent agencies with independent, undermining expertise. that raa would tie the hands of independent agencies such as securities and exchange commission, consumer product safety commis