text: The benefits to be gained in air quality were calculated by EPA for the first six years ( including the interim program ) to be reductions of 125,000 tons of hydrocarbons , 2,388,000 tons of carbon monoxide and 450,000 tons of nitrogen oxide .
  
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  EPA estimate that , in the first six years , there will be 125,000 fewer tons of hydrocarbons .