The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 7 rescinded a Trump-era EPA rule that required the agency to conduct a benefit-cost analysis of any major new air pollution regulation.

Canceled benefits during the validity period Analysis rule EPA identifies the specific problem that the new air pollution regulation will address, explains why market alternatives cannot solve the problem, and identifies the expected direct and indirect health benefits resulting from air pollution emissions. and to distinguish between public interests. The Biden EPA will have more freedom to pursue its regulatory agenda for fossil fuels after issuing the Clean Air Act. final cancellation A rule of benefits and costs.

According to its text, the repealed benefit-to-cost rule also required the EPA to detail other regulatory approaches it chose not to adopt and why it chose to oppose them. . The Biden EPA issued the following statement: interim rules After temporarily revoking the benefit-cost analysis rule in May 2021, EPA’s July promulgation ensured the revocation of the benefit-cost rule from the Federal Register.

“EPA is withdrawing the rule because the changes advanced by the rule were unwise, not bound by the Clean Air Act, and not necessary to achieve the purposes of the law,” the final rule says. . The Biden EPA ruled in December 2020 that the benefit-cost analysis rule “lacked a rationale,” and that the Trump administration’s EPA “did not have the authority to issue it” in the first place. (Related: Exclusive: Watchdog Calls for Investigation into Senior Biden EPA Official)

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In a May 2021 statement announcing the interim rule, EPA Administrator Michael Reagan said, “Withdrawal of this unnecessary and erroneous rule is positive evidence of the administration’s commitment to science. ‘ said. according to Go to the EPA website. “We will continue to right the wrongs of the past and aggressively move forward to fulfill President Biden’s clear promise to protect public health and the environment.”

The EPA is using the Clean Air Act to target power plant emissions and vehicle tailpipe emissions to further Biden’s broader energy policy. As the 2019 presidential candidate, Biden has personally “guaranteed” that the administration will:end fossil fuels”

The White House did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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