Inhofe Raises Concerns About Delay In Publishing EPA's Final Coal Ash Rule

摘要

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, is calling foul over the more than three months-and counting-that it has taken for the Environmental Protection Agency to publish its final coal ash rule, though observers told Bloomberg BNA it is unlikely the agency is making significant changes. In interviews the week of March 16, observers said the delay in publishing the final rule (RIN 2050-AE81) was unusual but not unprecedented. Some said the fact that the EPA had to issue the rule under a Dec. 19 court-ordered deadline probably forced it to rush crafting certain portions of the text that resulted in inconsistencies and typographical errors.