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Main Title EPA Regulations : too much, too little, or on track? /
Author McCarthy, James E.
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Copeland, Claudia.
Publisher Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress,
Year Published 2011
OCLC Number 741593427
Subjects Environmental law--United States
Additional Subjects United States--Environmental Protection Agency
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http://nepinstitute.org/get/CRS_Reports/CRS_Climate_and_Environment/Other_Greenhouse_Gas_Emissions/EPA_Regs.pdf
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ELBM  KF3775.M28 2011 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 04/30/2012
Collation 30 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes "March 21, 2011" - cover. Includes bibliographical references. Printout from the World Wide Web.
Contents Notes In the two years since Barack Obama was sworn in as President, 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. Republican leaders have promised vigorous oversight of the agency in the 112th Congress, and the House has already voted to overturn specific regulations and to 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 addressed conventional pollutants from a number of industries. Environmental groups disagree that the agency has overreached, and EPA itself maintains that its pace of regulation under the Clean Air Act is actually slower than the pace during the first years of the Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations. The agency 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. This report provides background information on recent EPA rulemaking to help address these issues. It examines 43 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 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.
Place Published Washington, D.C.
Corporate Au Added Ent Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Title Ser Add Ent CRS report for Congress ; R41561
PUB Date Free Form 2011
Series Title Untraced CRS report for Congress ; R41561
BIB Level m
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
OCLC Time Stamp 20120810162916
Language eng
Origin OCLC
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OCLC Rec Leader 03768cam 2200325Ia 45020