An MSNBC story today
talks about a big rush by the administration to push through a raft of
new regulations loosening restrictions on such matters as pollution and
consumer safety. Here are the opening paragraphs. Please click the link
to read the entire story.
The White House is working to enact a wide
array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government
rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before
President Bush leaves office in January.The
new rules would be among the most controversial deregulatory steps of
the Bush era and could be difficult for his successor to undo. Some
would ease or lift constraints on private industry, including power
plants, mines and farms.Those and other
regulations would help clear obstacles to some commercial ocean-fishing
activities, ease controls on emissions of pollutants that contribute to
global warming, relax drinking-water standards and lift a key
restriction on mountaintop coal mining.Once
such rules take effect, they typically can be undone only through a
laborious new regulatory proceeding, including lengthy periods of
public comment, drafting and mandated reanalysis.‘Last-minute assault’
"They
want these rules to continue to have an impact long after they leave
office," said Matthew Madia, a regulatory expert at OMB Watch, a
nonprofit group critical of what it calls the Bush administration’s
penchant for deregulating in areas where industry wants more freedom.
He called the coming deluge "a last-minute assault on the public . . .
happening on multiple fronts."
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