Are you all forehead too?
The Paul Begala "Government by Executive Order" plan: "Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Cool."
What a genius! Who needs to be bothered with Congress and elections and all that hooey?
I doubt that the baroque complexity of our current gasoline formula rules was written into law by Congress in so many words. It's very likely based on departmental regulations, which are entirely within the scope of amendment by executive order.
EOs are legal. I believe the EPA can even waive this on their own, its a proviso in this mandate. So I don't know what you are talking about.