Posted on 11/11/2016 5:38:56 AM PST by RightGeek
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is telling staff to quickly finish up the last round of regulations before President-elect Donald Trump enters the Oval Office next year.
"As I've mentioned to you before, we're running — not walking — through the finish line of President Obama's presidency," EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said in a staff memo obtained by the Washington Examiner after Trump was declared the winner of Tuesday's election.
The agency is currently working on regulations for the oil and gas sector, and is finalizing new annual regulations for the nation's ethanol mandate and renewable fuel blending requirements. The agency is also moving rules related to implementation of its landmark Clean Power Plan for cutting carbon pollution from the nation's coal utilities to combat global warming.
The Clean Power Plan itself is currently under court review after being temporarily stayed by the Supreme Court on Feb. 9 until all judicial review has concluded. Over half the nation is opposing the climate rules along with major industry groups and the coal industry. Trump has made repealing the EPA climate plan a key part of his first 100 days in office.
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He said don’t put any governors in these cabinet positions.
He sited EPA Whitman feuding with Bush publicly during his administration.
Oh, I don't know... Governor Palin might make an interesting choice for EPA Administrator - and I bet she'd even use only a single e-mail address. I can't think of anyone who would cause more spontaneous attrition at that agency; retirements would skyrocket.
How hard is it to delete a federal bureaucracy (for all practical purposes) if they aren’t in favor with the President? Starve them for funds and periodically decimate the workforce? Reviews every three months.
Appoint a special investigator per their last bout of (incompetence???), which contaminated water across the southwest? The ‘Elite Smugness’ strikes again!
Declare EPA mission accomplished and disband the central authority back to each separate state.
From the desk of the President of the United States
EPA regulation numbers 123.24.25.126 - 1,000,0000,000 are herby rescinded and of no effect.
D.J. Trump
President
That is how you do it. Regulations are actions of the executive and the President is the chief executive.
Oh it's the bureaucracy too. They execute the law with malice.
First must place a friendly judiciary in the critical postings of the Federal Bench.
Play their game—bring suit and have a judge rule in favor of plaintiff. Mischief managed.
Review them. Find for incompetence and issue pink slip.
This craphole of business destruction needs shutting down immediately after Pres Trump’s inauguration, and all regs from past 8yrs, voided.
One regulation I’d like to see Trump bring in is to reduce the number of mandated gasoline blends to a maximum of 3. Ideally scrapping the entire concept. Would end up saving American motorists millions.
Indeed.
Bump
You may be right that an evil slime like Reid would have tried that. But since even the Constitution can be altered or an amendment rescinded it would be hard to conceive any law or regulation that can’t be changed or removed altogether. Live by executive order / Die by executive order.
Get rid of the EPA!
I guess Gina does not understand that the new boss will negate all this crapola on day one. LOL!
The regs are basically going to end fossil fuel production and use in the USA quickly and permanently.
These fiat regulations are easily overturned by the Executive, and even by the new head of the EPA, if it survives.
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