Public comment was available, but that was just for nibbling around the edges. The agency has never before invited comment on the prospect of issuing no regulation. The EPA does not just sit back and dream about how to regulate people. It is almost always operating under the specific direction of a statute. We're continuing to operate under the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990, and the Safe Drinking Water Act amendments of 1995.
Paperwork sometimes works.
We just issued a rule on PCB management which is going to save a couple hundred million a year for business on how they manage PCBs. In order to change their physical requirement, they've got to keep records and show what they've got. We believe that sensitive and fair treatment of small business is good environmental policy. We think that managing that policy as well as our formal responsibilities is among the most important things we do. Inc. All rights reserved.