EPA will review regulations to eliminate 'unjustified burdens'

August 23, 2011

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a plan Tuesday to review dozens of regulations to ensure they are not overly burdensome, part of an administration-wide “lookback” mandated by President Obama.

EPA's final regulatory review plan comes amid growing GOP animosity toward the agency. Republicans and some centrist Democrats have cast EPA as the poster child of federal overreach and excessive regulation, pushing legislation to delay or block a slew of the agency’s rules. READ MORE

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