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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThat was a quick cave-in: "EPA Head Says Significant Changes Possible in Carbon Plan "
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Gina McCarthy, administrator of the agency that wrote the proposal issued yesterday, said she expects significant revisions in the state emission goals before a final rule is issued next year.
I put out a proposal that I believe will allow everybody to get at a table and roll their sleeves up, McCarthy told Bloomberg reporters and editors today in Washington. The agency anticipates a lot of give and take with the states.
In the boldest single effort by the U.S. to tackle climate change, President Barack Obamas administration proposed state-by-state targets to be achieved by 2030 that would reduce emissions by an average 17 percent from current levels.
McCarthy said the agency made changes when developing its rules on mercury pollution in 2012 after utilities complained, and, I wouldnt be surprised if we made significant revisions to the carbon proposal.
Once the standards are finalized next June, the individual states must come up with plans for how to make those cuts. They can do so by mixing and matching policies such as running more natural gas instead of coal or pursuing energy efficiency.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-03/epa-head-says-significant-changes-possible-in-carbon-plan.html
tridim
(45,358 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)villager
(26,001 posts)...and tell us how wonderful this latest reversal is.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)have been reversed.
villager
(26,001 posts)n/t
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)also, how familiar are you with the federal rulemaking process?
villager
(26,001 posts)Etc.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)villager
(26,001 posts)Etc.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)An agency will publish a draft rule pursuant to the statute.
Then, the agency will engage in notice and comment - i.e. collect information from the public and hold hearings on the proposed regulations and how they might be altered, improved, bug-fixed, and so on - then, the agency will publish a final rule for a shorter round of comments.
Through the process, yes, the proposed rules change.
What country have you been living in?
villager
(26,001 posts)They are best served when the backpedaling doesn't begin immediately.
What country have you been living in?
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)What are the precise and specific changes (made only due to "immediate backpedaling" in this particular case? Other than vague prophecies, that is... :shrug"
villager
(26,001 posts)But there is now steady backpedaling -- as noted throughout the thread -- from yesterday's "goal" of a 30% reduction...
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)You will quickly notice the comments link. It was there yesterday. It is not new. Comments by stake holders is like standard. Oh and you too can file a comment.
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)I don't have any problem with the EPA following the law requiring a public comment period for proposed regulations. This is neither new nor unexpected. Making it so is to not understand the process of crafting new regulations.
Example: When the USDA proposed organic standards, GMOs were allowed for USDA certified organic. After the comment period, GMOs were not allowed as certified organic.
The fact that there is a comment period for the new EPA carbon regulations does not mean they will be altered in favor of industry. The final regulations could be tougher on industry.
villager
(26,001 posts)"goal," and not the actual goal at all...
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)before panties in a wad time, okay?
villager
(26,001 posts)...as evinced by your pronounced inability to even sustain a conversation...