White House Seen Backing Push To Overhaul 'In-The-Weeds' EPA Policies

摘要

The White House appears to be supporting states' calls to overhaul smaller "in-the-weeds" EPA rules such as ending a policy permanently subjecting units to air toxics limits and easing paperwork mandates, seeing backing for targeting these less-prominent rules in lieu of calls to undo "big ticket" Obama-era policies, a state source says. While much attention on comments in response to President Donald Trump's deregulatory executive orders (EO) has focused on challenges to landmark rules such as the Clean Power Plan greenhouse gas standards for power plants and Clean Water Act jurisdiction rule, the source suggests lesser-known rules could be more viable targets for the regulatory reform push - particularly a slew of administrative and other regulations that states have identified.