Posted on 05/31/2011 6:53:32 PM PDT by Nachum
The Environmental Protection Agency informed Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) in a recent letter that it considers itself “prohibited” by law from considering costs when setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). “I received this week a letter from the EPA regarding a letter I’ve written them about some of their rules and they wrote here, quote, ‘Thus, the agency is prohibited from considering costs in setting these standards,'" Hartzler said last week. "Now in business we do a cost benefit analysis before we make policy changes. Washington should as well
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So what is to be done short of deep-sixing the whole damned thing and starting over from scratch??
I think too many people are unaware of just how viable an option that is...
Sadly they may be right. That’s why we need to change the laws.
Please cite the leagl documents for the prohibition...
This makes all the sense in the world .. if your a government agency
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