Obama Admin Rushes Over 1,200 New Regs Just
Before New Year
(Daily Caller) – The Obama administration is
cramming like a college student trying to study for a final exam, publishing
more than 1,200 new regulations in the last 15 days alone, according to
data from Regulations.gov.
Energy and environment rules are the biggest
category, with 139 published by the federal government in the last 15
days, according to Regulations.gov.
One of the most contentious new regulations is
the EPA’s coal ash rule. The rule has been criticized by the coal industry
and environmental groups — though for entirely different reasons — and has
a price tag of up to $20.3 billion. The rule was finalized last Friday.
Before that, the Obama administration finalized
a new ozone standard that could become the costliest rule ever proposed by the
EPA. The EPA released the rule while millions of Americans were
getting ready to eat some turkey and pie for Thanksgiving.
Regulations listed on Regulations.gov include
“Notices from the Federal Register; Proposed Rules; Final Rules.” The
government website shows that 309 rules were proposed or finalized in the last
15 days and 892 notices from the federal register were received — some of which
could lead to new rulemakings.
So far this year, the Obama administration has
proposed or finalized more than $200 billion in regulations when the coal ash
rule’s costs are factored in, according to the American Action Forum.
But that’s not all, the Obama administration
will be unleashing a slew of new regulations in 2015 aimed at hydraulic
fracturing, energy production on federal lands, methane from oil and gas
drilling and carbon dioxide from power plants.
Environmental groups criticized President
Obama in the past for not going far enough to fight global warming and
promote green energy. But activists may quiet down in 2015 when the
administration finalizes a slew of new energy regulations that will cost the
U.S. economy billions of dollars.
The energy experts at ClearView Energy Partners
have a list of some new regulations for next year that include “the fracking
rule for federal lands due to be finalized by the Interior Department’s Bureau
of Land Management (BLM)… BLM’s rule governing flaring from oil and gas wells
on federal lands… an advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding federal
royalty rates for federal onshore oil and gas leases… EPA’s proposal of
effluent limitation guidelines (ELGs) for pre-treatment of oil and gas
wastewater; and further details regarding the Administration’s Methane
Strategy.”
The EPA is also set to finalize new power
plant regulations in 2015 that limit carbon dioxide emissions from new and
existing electric generating units.
First the agency must finalize carbon
emissions limits for new power plants. Its proposed rule has already come
under intense criticism from utilities, coal country and federal
lawmakers because it essentially mandates that coal plants use carbon
capture and storage technology — an unproven technology.
The EPA will then finalize rules for existing
power plants, which requires states to submit plans to the agency on how they
will reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector. This rule has
already been subject to legal challenges by states and the coal industry.
Source:http://www.teaparty.org/obama-admin-rushes-1200-new-regs-just-new-year-74044/
Comments
After deciding that global warming is a hoax, Australians
fired their government and repealed their carbon tax. Our Congress should
repeal these EPA regulations before they do more damage to our economy with
“skyrocketing” electric bills.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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