Ryan Young February 21, 2017
As with the previous few weeks, many of this week’s regulations were simply delays of previous rules. Most agencies will remain in a holding pattern for a few more weeks before they can enact new rules. The president also signed a resolution, passed under the Congressional Review Act, nullifying the Department of the Interior’s Stream Protection Rule. Before this year, the 1996 Congressional Review Act was invoked to strike down precisely one regulation, back in 2001. This is out of more than 60,000 final regulations issued during that time. The White House is also expected to issue executive orders this week rolling back the Obama-era Clean Power Plan and Waters of the United States rules.
Regulations delayed in the last week until late March range from toxins to swaps.
On to the data:...........The 2017 Federal Register totals 11,130 pages. It is on pace for 99,375 pages. The all-time record adjusted page count (which subtracts skips, jumps, and blank pages) is 96,994, set last year. The unadjusted count was 97,110 pages........To Read More.....
As with the previous few weeks, many of this week’s regulations were simply delays of previous rules. Most agencies will remain in a holding pattern for a few more weeks before they can enact new rules. The president also signed a resolution, passed under the Congressional Review Act, nullifying the Department of the Interior’s Stream Protection Rule. Before this year, the 1996 Congressional Review Act was invoked to strike down precisely one regulation, back in 2001. This is out of more than 60,000 final regulations issued during that time. The White House is also expected to issue executive orders this week rolling back the Obama-era Clean Power Plan and Waters of the United States rules.
Regulations delayed in the last week until late March range from toxins to swaps.
On to the data:...........The 2017 Federal Register totals 11,130 pages. It is on pace for 99,375 pages. The all-time record adjusted page count (which subtracts skips, jumps, and blank pages) is 96,994, set last year. The unadjusted count was 97,110 pages........To Read More.....
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