Of the agency’s
16,205 employees, a mere 1,069 will work through the shutdown. That means that
taxpayers employ 15,136 people at the EPA who are “non-essential.”
Because of the
shutdown, the EPA will not be able to work on the rules requested by President
Obama in his climate plan, but Dina Kruger, a consultant and former climate
change director at the EPA, said the agency would be able to complete the rules
on time. It might just have to “work a little harder” once the shutdown ends.
The shutdown will
also delay the comment period for the EPA's New Source Performance Standards -
the proposal that would make it nearly impossible to open a new coal plant - which started
on September 20, 2013…..To Read More…..
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