On President [sic] Lying-Liar Trump’s inauguration delusion day, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus [AKA “Rinsed Pubis”] issued the following memorandum ordering federal agencies to role back certain Obama Administration federal agency final regulations that have been published in the Federal Register:
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Today, the Trump EPA published a notice that delays the effective date of 30 EPA environmental protection regulations to at least March 21, 2017. No opportunity was provided for prior public notice and public comment on this precipitous action, as would normally be required by federal laws on public agency rulemaking.
Here is the text of today’s Federal Register notice:
PDF version:
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TXT version:
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Here’s the list of the 30 environmental regulations being delayed in this Trump EPA action:
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Publication Original New effective
Federal Register citation Title date effective date date
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81 FR 74927................... State of Kentucky Section 1425 10/28/16 1/26/2017 3/21/2017
Underground Injection Control
(UIC) Program Primacy Approval.
81 FR 95047................... Approval and Promulgation of 12/27/16 1/26/2017 3/21/2017
Implementation Plans; New York
Prevention of Significant
Deterioration of Air Quality
and Nonattainment New Source
Review; Infrastructure State
Implementation Plan
Requirements.
81 FR 95041................... Air Plan Approval; KY; RACM 12/27/16 1/26/2017 3/21/2017
Determination for the KY
Portion of the Louisville Area
1997 Annual PM2.5.
81 FR 95043................... Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; 12/27/16 1/26/2017 3/21/2017
Infrastructure SIP Requirements
for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS.
81 FR 95051................... Approval and Promulgation of 12/27/16 1/26/2017 3/21/2017
Implementation Plans and
Designation of Areas for Air
Quality Planning Purposes;
Louisiana; Redesignation of
Baton Rouge 2008 8-Hour Ozone
Nonattainment Area to
Attainment.
81 FR 95480................... State of Kentucky Underground 12/28/16 1/27/2017 3/21/2017
Injection Control (UIC) Class
II Program; Primacy Approval.
81 FR 95475................... Air Plan Approval; Illinois; 12/28/16 1/27/2017 3/21/2017
Volatile Organic Compounds
Definition.
81 FR 95473................... Approval of California Air Plan 12/28/16 1/27/2017 3/21/2017
Revisions, Great Basin Unified
Air Pollution Control District.
81 FR 95472................... Approval of California Air Plan 12/28/16 1/27/2017 3/21/2017
Revisions, South Coast Air
Quality Management District.
82 FR 729..................... Partial Approval and Partial 1/4/17 2/3/2017 3/21/2017
Disapproval of Attainment Plan
for the Idaho Portion of the
Logan, Utah/Idaho PM2.5
Nonattainment Area.
82 FR 2760.................... Addition of a Subsurface 1/9/17 2/8/2017 3/21/2017
Intrusion Component to the
Hazard Ranking System.
82 FR 2237.................... Approval and Promulgation of 1/9/17 2/8/2017 3/21/2017
Implementation Plans; Rhode
Island; Clean Air Act
Infrastructure State and
Federal Implementation Plans.
81 FR 89746................... Renewable Fuel Standard Program: 12/12/16 2/10/2017 3/21/2017
Standards for 2017 and Biomass-
Based Diesel Volume for 2018.
81 FR 89674................... Formaldehyde Emission Standards 12/12/16 2/10/2017 3/21/2017
for Composite Wood Products.
82 FR 3171.................... Approval and Promulgation of 1/11/17 2/10/2017 3/21/2017
Implementation Plans; Texas;
Control of Air Pollution from
Visible Emissions and
Particulate Matter.
81 FR 89868................... Determination of Attainment of 12/13/16 2/13/2017 3/21/2017
the 2012 Annual Fine
Particulate Matter Standard;
Pennsylvania; Delaware County
Nonattainment Area.
82 FR 3639.................... Air Plan Approval; TN 1/12/17 2/13/2017 3/21/2017
Infrastructure Requirements for
the 2010 NO2 NAAQS.
82 FR 3637.................... Approval and Promulgation of 1/12/17 2/13/2017 3/21/2017
Implementation Plans; Alabama;
Infrastructure Requirements for
the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide
National Ambient Air Quality
Standard.
82 FR 5182.................... Revisions to the Guideline on 1/17/17 2/16/2017 3/21/2017
Air Quality Models:
Enhancements to the AERMOD
Dispersion Modeling System and
Incorporation of Approaches to
Address Ozone and Fine
Particulate Matter.
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81 FR 91839................... Air Plan Approval; Michigan; 12/19/16 2/17/2017 3/21/2017
Part 9 Miscellaneous Rules.
81 FR 94262................... National Oil and Hazardous 12/23/16 2/21/2017 3/21/2017
Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan; National
Priorities List: Partial
Deletion of the North Penn Area
6 Superfund Site.
81 FR 93624................... Determination of Attainment of 12/21/16 2/21/2017 3/21/2017
the 2008 Ozone National Ambient
Air Quality Standards; Mariposa
County, California.
81 FR 85438................... Adequacy of Washington Municipal 11/28/16 2/27/2017 3/21/2017
Solid Waste Landfill Permit
Program--Direct Final Rule.
81 FR 95477................... Approval and Promulgation of 12/28/16 2/27/2017 3/21/2017
Implementation Plans;
Louisiana; State Boards.
82 FR 952..................... Pesticides; Certification of 1/4/17 3/6/2017 3/21/2017
Pesticide Applicators.
82 FR 1206.................... Air Plan Approval; Georgia: 1/5/17 3/6/2017 3/21/2017
Procedures for Testing and
Monitoring Sources of Air
Pollutants.
82 FR 2230.................... Consolidated Rules of Practice 1/9/17 3/10/2017 3/21/2017
Governing the Administrative
Assessment of Civil Penalties,
Issuance of Compliance or
Corrective Action Orders, and
the Revocation/Termination or
Suspension of Permits;
Procedures for Decisionmaking.
82 FR 2239.................... Approval of Arizona Air Plan 1/9/17 3/10/2017 3/21/2017
Revisions; Ajo and Morenci,
Arizona; Second 10-Year Sulfur
Dioxide Maintenance Plans and
Technical Correction.
82 FR 4594.................... Accidental Release Prevention 1/13/17 3/14/2017 3/21/2017
Requirements: Risk Management
Programs Under the Clean Air
Act.
82 FR 5142.................... Revisions to National Emission 1/17/17 3/20/2017 3/21/2017
Standards for Radon Emissions
from Operating Mill Tailings.
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Most of the rules being delayed were published under the authority of the Clean Air Act, and several of these involve federally approve state implementation plans under the Act to address air quality health standard violations in locations across the country.
One of the rules addresses requirements for renewable fuels for gasoline and diesel fuels sold nationwide.
The Trump EPA also indicated that further delayed effective dates beyond March 21, 2017 were being considered, but that the Trump EPA committed to subjecting these further delays to public notice.