September 16, 2011
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GHG Rules Delay, BP to Blame, New Superfund Sites, $20m Northrop Cleanup
The EPA said on Tuesday that it would not meet a court-ordered Sept. 30 deadline for issuing rules governing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other large sources, The New York Times reported.
An EPA official said that the decision to delay the proposed rule was driven by complex technical considerations and not by political pressure from the White House or industry groups. But Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) linked the delay to Obama’s recent axing of a toughened ground-level ozone standard, saying, “Not only will EPA’s barrage of regulations….
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