Thursday, March 4, 2010 11:01 AM
Rockefeller Introduces Bill Delaying EPA Regulation
By Amy Harder, NationalJournal.com
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., introduced legislation today that would delay the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions for two years.
The coal-state Democrat said in a statement that EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's letter to him and other Democrats last month did not allay his concerns about moving back the timetable.
"We must set this delay in stone and give Congress enough time to consider a comprehensive energy bill to develop the clean-coal technologies we need," Rockefeller said. The legislation would not delay regulation of vehicle emissions but would prohibit the agency from taking "any action under the Clean Air Act with respect to any stationary source permitting requirement."
Rockefeller and seven other Democrats sent a letter to Jackson last month expressing concern over how the regulations would affect the economy. Democrats who signed on include Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Max Baucus of Montana and Claire McCaskill of Missouri. But none have so far stepped forward to co-sponsor Rockefeller's bill.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, released a statement soon after Rockefeller announced his legislation calling it "further evidence of the growing bipartisan and bicameral resistance to EPA's back-door climate regulations. Given the overwhelming opposition to these actions, I'm hopeful that this bill will draw additional support and advance quickly." The top Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee is spearheading a disapproval resolution -- essentially a congressional veto -- to permanently ban EPA's regulatory power over greenhouse gas emissions.
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