CNSNews.com 11.11.2012
It’s Friday morning, and so far today, the Obama administration has posted 165 new regulations and notifications on its reguations.gov website. In the past 90 days, it has posted 6,125 regulations and notices – an average of 68 a day.
The
website allows visitors to find and comment on proposed regulations
and related documents published by the U.S. federal government. "Help
improve Federal regulations by submitting your comments," the website
says. The thousands of entries run the gamut from
meeting notifications to fee schedules to actual rules and proposed
rule changes.
In recent days, for
example, the EPA posted a proposed rule involving volatile organic
compound emissions from architectural coatings: “We are approving a
local rule that regulates these emission sources under the Clean Air
Act (CAA or the Act),” the proposed rule states. “We are taking comments
on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.”
A
number of groups, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute,
expect a rush of new regulations now that President Obama has won a
second term: CEI expects the EPA to move ahead on delayed rules on
everything from greenhouse gas emissions to ozone standards. “Rules
from the health care bill and the Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill
will also likely make themselves known in the weeks to come," the
group said on its website
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