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EPA Regulations - Too Much, Too Little, or On Track? (Paperback)
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EPA Regulations - Too Much, Too Little, or On Track? (Paperback)
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Since Barack Obama was sworn in as President in 2009, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed and promulgated
numerous regulations implementing the pollution control statutes
enacted by Congress. Critics have reacted strongly. Many, both
within Congress and outside of it, have accused the agency of
reaching beyond the authority given it by Congress and ignoring or
underestimating the costs and economic impacts of proposed and
promulgated rules. The House has conducted vigorous oversight of
the agency in the 112th Congress, and has approved several bills
that would overturn specific regulations or limit the agency's
authority. Particular attention is being paid to the Clean Air Act,
under which EPA has moved forward with the first federal controls
on emissions of greenhouse gases and also addressed emissions of
conventional pollutants from a number of industries. Environmental
groups disagree that the agency has overreached, and EPA states
that critics' focus on the cost of controls obscures the benefits
of new regulations, which, it estimates, far exceed the costs; and
it maintains that pollution control is an important source of
economic activity, exports, and American jobs. Further, the agency
and its supporters say that EPA is carrying out the mandates
detailed by Congress in the federal environmental statutes. This
report provides background information on recent EPA regulatory
activity to help address these issues. It examines 40 major or
controversial regulatory actions taken by or under development at
EPA since January 2009, providing details on the regulatory action
itself, presenting an estimated timeline for completion of the rule
(including identification of related court or statutory deadlines),
and, in general, providing EPA's estimates of costs and benefits,
where available. The report includes tables that show which rules
have been finalized and which remain under development. The report
also discusses factors that affect the timeframe in which
regulations take effect, including statutory and judicial
deadlines, public comment periods, judicial review, and permitting
procedures, the net results of which are that existing facilities
are likely to have several years before being required to comply
with most of the regulatory actions under discussion. Unable to
account for such factors, which will vary from case to case,
timelines that show dates for proposal and promulgation of EPA
standards effectively underestimate the complexities of the
regulatory process and overstate the near-term impact of many of
the regulatory actions.
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