EPA Shift To Substance Of Rule Rollbacks Adds To 'Pressure' On Wheeler

摘要

EPA is shifting its focus from the multiple delays of Obama-era rules it has already issued to crafting substantive regulations rolling back those standards, which supporters and critics of the agency alike say will add to the "pressure" acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler faces in quickly crafting rollbacks that can withstand judicial review.The agency is already facing the first major lawsuit over a substantive change to Obama-era regulations, after issuing a rule July 30 that revised the 2014 coal ash disposal standards. But that case is just the first of a long list of final actions that observers expect before the end of the year, in which the agency is expected to make major substantive changes to a host of Obama EPA policies in order to soften them.