Enacting laws by Executive Order without Congressional approval seems to fall right in line with the lack of transparency and public scrutiny which the Obama administration is leaving as its legacy. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released a report recently in which they point to a dramatically rising tide of regulatory mandates, opinions…
Read More »The US Environmental Protection Agency issued its final revisions to the definitions governing implementation of the federal Clean Waters Act this week and it is not particularly favorable to business interests around the country. The Clean Waters Rule expands the definition used by the EPA to determine when water is to be defined as a…
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Unlike the FDA, the Environmental Protection Agency last week announced its intention to delay any decision on changes to the Redemption Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS is an ethanol mandate, passed in 2006, that essentially guaranteed ethanol demand by mandating certain minimums of food-to-fuel. Specifically, the RFS program requires renewable fuel to be blended into…
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