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EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are ordered to review and potentially withdraw the 2015 regulation.
Business Community Pleased to See “Federal Land Grab” Reconsidered
In recent years, Washington has unleashed a relentless torrent of burdensome and costly regulations.
Thomas Sullivan's testimony before the House Energy & Commerce Environment Subcommittee hearing, "Modernizing Environmental Laws: Challenges and Opportunities for Expanding Infrastructure and Promoting Development and Manufacturing.
TO: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency RE: Comments of the NAAQS Implementation Coalition of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's "Implementation of the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone: Nonattainment Area Classifications and State Implementation Plan Requirements: Proposed Rule"; 81 Fed. Reg. 81276 (Nov. 17, 2016); Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0202.
This Key Vote Alert! letter supporting H.J. Res. 44, to repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s Planning 2.0 rule, was sent to all Members of Congress.
Congress is rolling back some of the regulatory red tape created by the Obama administration.Using the Congressional Review Act (CRA), Congress can disapprove of regulations that have been finalized in the last 60 days Congress has been in session. When the resolutions of disapproval are signed by the president, they’re taken off the books.Early in this session Congress has jumped right in working to relieve some regulatory burdens on businesses.
Dear Secretary Chao, Congratulations on your confirmation as Secretary of the Department of Transportation. Given the focus of President Trump and his administration on eliminating and controlling excessive regulations, the organizations below wish to bring to your attention a particularly egregious case of regulatory overreach advanced in the final days of the prior administration, which many of the undersigned groups raised during the notice and comment process.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS: As business leaders representing diverse geographic regions and economic interests, we write to encourage your support for expedited passage of a joint Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to eliminate the Bureau of Land Management’s “venting and flaring” regulation.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges you to support H.J. Res. 36, which would undo the Bureau of Land Management’s rule related to methane production. The Chamber will consider including votes on or related to this legislation in our annual How They Voted scorecard.
